I suppose I am more interested in the nature of European cities than I am in the nature of American cities. I suppose I erred by using the United States as a reference of "normal" suburban-urban definition. It seems odd to me that one would explain what a European city is not by explaining what an American city is rather than just getting to the point and explaining what a European city is.

I suppose I read this as an excuse by random thoughts to espouse political viewpoints rather than useful input on European social design (not that that would ever happen here).