Cities seem more natural in that they are allowed to grow as an autonomous system, rather than being designed. Not all cities, of course, but most of the good o

Cities seem more natural in that they are allowed to grow as an autonomous system, rather than being designed. Not all cities, of course, but most of the good ones. There have been attempts to design a whole city and they mostly failed. It seems to me that life in the city, in many ways, are much closer to the lifestyle of small, tight communities than suburban life: short distance between various functions, constant contact with other people of various ages etc. This might sound superficial but I don't think I need much evidence that certain environments feel better than others. I think its obvious to anyone who spends time in different places that some feel better than others. Subjective issues like taste and quality of experience may not be quantifiable, but are still real and relevant to what many here try to do: build well designed user-facing software.