Regardless of the myths about living close to the land, cities are where human beings have the lowest ecological footprint. It takes less energy, wood, material, and food to provide a good life for a person in a city than in the country. Rather than perceive the city as an ecological sink sucking up the resources of the countryside, which cities can do, cities can also be a kind of ecological ark, places where humanity gathers while we peak in population and develop ecological intelligence for a new civilization.
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The Big Dig buried Boston's freeway running through downtown. This allowed a cap to be put on top which provided room for a stretch of green called the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Cleveland needs the same over the trench along the new Innerbelt.
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