Belsedar

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. Made me realize how dogmatic religion is, also its a really fun and accessible book to read, teenage coming of age story, with a sprinkle of religious criticism.

With company towns there are real risks that when that company disappears, that town will also. Just looks at what happened in the US, in Appalachia.

Unfortunately it feels like in many places that isn’t the case, and that more and more new developments follow the US urban planning paradigm of endless suburban hell

The best situation is when you don’t need a car to simply exist. That should be the norm, not the exception.