Architecture And Claustrophobia

People who suffer from claustrophobia find it difficult to live in modern cities like New York.

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January 28, 2002, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"New York is a horrible place for a claustrophobe. It's a city of ambition, of verticality, of literal as well as symbolic height, and to make it to the top, you must first squeeze yourself into a series of small spaces: studio apartments, rush- hour subway trains, elevators, office cubicles..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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