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<blockquote data-quote="Cobra" data-source="post: 1267689" data-attributes="member: 1172">I grew up in India until I was 12. Horrendous urban planning in most cities. When I came to the USA at the age of 12, landing at JFK, the excellent urban planning was the immediate highlight, at that time not even knowing what urban planning was.I think western people, especially Americans don't travel or experience much outside of the west itself so they find it difficult to grasp (not logically but from a feeling/emotional perspective). For example, for all of the lack of urban planning, in Asian or eastern communities, it leaves people closer and connected with more group identity. Something the west severely lacks and moreso due to social media. In a significant number of USA western communities, people don't even talk to their neighbors. Being who I am, I see it as cringeworthy to be honest and very regressive from a quality of life perspective even if you have nicer things materially speaking. I think it's important to think through the socio economic as well as cultural implications of urban landscapes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cobra, post: 1267689, member: 1172"] I grew up in India until I was 12. Horrendous urban planning in most cities. When I came to the USA at the age of 12, landing at JFK, the excellent urban planning was the immediate highlight, at that time not even knowing what urban planning was. I think western people, especially Americans don't travel or experience much outside of the west itself so they find it difficult to grasp (not logically but from a feeling/emotional perspective). For example, for all of the lack of urban planning, in Asian or eastern communities, it leaves people closer and connected with more group identity. Something the west severely lacks and moreso due to social media. In a significant number of USA western communities, people don't even talk to their neighbors. Being who I am, I see it as cringeworthy to be honest and very regressive from a quality of life perspective even if you have nicer things materially speaking. I think it's important to think through the socio economic as well as cultural implications of urban landscapes. [/QUOTE]

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