Community Planning Quotes
This quotation is notable because it illustrates some of the ideas about cities that were suggested at the time. The growth of the suburbs was the largest of the changes that actually tool place.
There are several different strategies for fighting forest fires. Some argue to let them burn themselves out. Others want to burn old brush regularly under control. Still others want to fight every fire regardless of size. Most communities have not reached any decision on these points and as a result, for most communities, none of the strategies prove effective since none are planned for.
Politicians also like to take and are often given credit for perspicacity and vision when they have guessed right. They and the world generally pay less attention to the incorrect guesses. In business the ones who guess wrong often go out of business and we rarely refer to them thereafter. But the successful guessers are around to remind all of their “vision”. In politics, however, few politicians who guess wrong on policy matters lose their positions. They simply never refer to their wrong guesses, but never let their constituency forget about their “vision” where they have guessed right.
