I don’t see how cities make sense any more. They can warehouse the poor, and they can be playgrounds for the rich. For regular people, cities are either too expensive or too dangerous.
This is why they refuse to put broad band in rural areas. That would kill off cities forever.
“I don’t see how cities make sense any more”
I agree. They become too complicated to understand and run. They might attract bums, to use an old fashioned term. Maintenance costs are high as the structures and roads get old.