Started this book way back, but finally getting around to finishing it now: The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape - James Howard Kunstler It's a bit of a rant, though I think the author is generally on-point. As an armchair urban planner myself, his constant skewering of Le Corbusier work as a total failure makes me very, very happy. For balance I'm also working through: Doing Documentary Work - Robert Coles There are some great insights in the book, but the author has a very tedious tone and is very, very verbose. I'm not sure if I will finish it, though I'll try. He also likes using really big words (like, a level of vocabulary that suggests he's deliberately trying to write at a superhuman reading level), which is tedious since his excessive vocabulary ultimately doesn't help him make his point better. I'm pretty sure I can get through Middle English faster than I can get through this book.
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