I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been to some of the most amazing cities in the world.
It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.
I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that I love, too. But it's a disaster that we have moved so far from nature.
I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
I love new cities, and if I haven't travelled for a month, the need to go somewhere starts to gets under my skin.
It's true that I had a bucolic, truly peaceful childhood, growing up in a house next to our family's orchard. We had a lot of books and art, but no electricity until I was eight years old. Since then, I have seen a lot of inner-city life, though.
I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them.
I am very much a city boy, and I really don't get out into the countryside or the wilderness that much at all.
I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.
I love cities, I spend most of my life talking about cities. And the design of cities does have an effect on your life. You're lucky if you can see trees out of your window and you have a square nearby, or a bar, a cornershop, a surgery. Then you're living well.