“What I Found in a Thousand Towns” by Dar Williams

The title tells the method, the book tells the whys and wherefores. “Positive proximity” is a big concept…”a state of being where living side by side with other people is experienced as beneficial.” [p xi]. As a musician who hangs with a lot of people who understand cities and city planning, she has overcome the jargon and gone straight to the values that create strong communities. She discusses spaces, buildings and “translations”.