Stupid Ideas Cause Urban Disintegration

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani wasn't afraid to identify stupid ideas that were causing the disintegration of New York City.

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January 10, 2002, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Why was New York City in free fall a decade ago and believed to be ungovernable? "Because of ideas," Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in his farewell address. The city got itself tangled in "political philosophies and political creeds and ideologies." Very few politicians would point to stupid ideas as the cause of urban disintegration, but Giuliani was right to do so."

Thanks to Chris Steins

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