The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable idea…

Wendell Berry
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The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable ideal and goal - is a city in balance with its countryside. ✨ Wendell Berry (1993). Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays, Pantheon
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The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable ideal and goal - is a city in balance with its countryside. ✨ Wendell Berry (1993). Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays, Pantheon

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