http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/07/17/poorly-made-in-china/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/07/17/poorly-made-in-china/#comment-325256 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:10:53 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/07/17/poorly-made-in-china/#comment-325256 The connection between Jane Jacobs and China makes me remember how chinese cities seem to be built to a superhuman scale. Beijing was especially bad in this regard. Blocks on JianGuoMen or ChaoYangMEN seemed to be definitely too long, although of course some neighborhoods were much more manageable. I think Jane Jacobs would have disagreed with the current Chinese development patterns. Any opinions? The connection between Jane Jacobs and China makes me remember how chinese cities seem to be built to a superhuman scale. Beijing was especially bad in this regard. Blocks on JianGuoMen or ChaoYangMEN seemed to be definitely too long, although of course some neighborhoods were much more manageable. I think Jane Jacobs would have disagreed with the current Chinese development patterns. Any opinions?

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