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James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The twentieth century was about getting around. The twenty-first century will be about staying in a place worth staying in."

The twentieth century was about getting around. The twenty-first century will be about staying in a place worth staying in.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth defending."

A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth defending.




James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect."

It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The living arrangements American now think of as normal are bankrupting us economically, socially, ecologically and spiritually."

The living arrangements American now think of as normal are bankrupting us economically, socially, ecologically and spiritually.




James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The immersive ugliness of our everyday environments in America is entropy made visible."

The immersive ugliness of our everyday environments in America is entropy made visible.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Americans threw away their communities in order to save a few dollars on hair dryers and plastic food storage tubs, never stopping to reflect on what they were destroying."

Americans threw away their communities in order to save a few dollars on hair dryers and plastic food storage tubs, never stopping to reflect on what they were destroying.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure."

At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.




James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression."

Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything about how we live."

The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything about how we live.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Suburbia is the insidious cartoon of the country house in a cartoon of the country."

Suburbia is the insidious cartoon of the country house in a cartoon of the country.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things"

The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "No amount or combination of alternative fuels is going to allow us to continue running what we're running, the way we're running it."

No amount or combination of alternative fuels is going to allow us to continue running what we're running, the way we're running it.




James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Most of suburbia will end up in three ways: ruins, slums, salvage yards for materials."

Most of suburbia will end up in three ways: ruins, slums, salvage yards for materials.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "For instance, the most common type of "affordable housing" in the world comes in the form of apartments over stores."

For instance, the most common type of "affordable housing" in the world comes in the form of apartments over stores.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Two decades from now, I doubt that the home building industry, so called, will even exist as we have known it."

Two decades from now, I doubt that the home building industry, so called, will even exist as we have known it.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous."

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a time out from technological progress as we know it."

I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a time out from technological progress as we know it.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel."

Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "We are in for a fiesta of default, repossession, and distress selling of suburban property, much of which will lose its presumed usefulness and monetary value in an energy-scarce economy."

We are in for a fiesta of default, repossession, and distress selling of suburban property, much of which will lose its presumed usefulness and monetary value in an energy-scarce economy.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "America does not want change, except from the cash register at Wal-Mart."

America does not want change, except from the cash register at Wal-Mart.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking."

When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I think we'll see a leveling off and then a contraction of population, not a continued upward trend."

I think we'll see a leveling off and then a contraction of population, not a continued upward trend.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the expense of all other typologies and arrangements."

Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the expense of all other typologies and arrangements.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Under the current high energy / high entropy regime, sustainable development is a joke."

Under the current high energy / high entropy regime, sustainable development is a joke.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands."

In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The ideas of [ Le Corbusier ] that actually found their way into practice were deeply destructive - for instance, the tower-in-a-park, which mutated into the vertical slums of the late 20th century."

The ideas of [ Le Corbusier ] that actually found their way into practice were deeply destructive - for instance, the tower-in-a-park, which mutated into the vertical slums of the late 20th century.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale."

The industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The cities of the future will be much smaller than they are today."

The cities of the future will be much smaller than they are today.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "It is worth remembering that our cities occupy important sites, and therefore some kind of settlement is liable to be there."

It is worth remembering that our cities occupy important sites, and therefore some kind of settlement is liable to be there.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "We will have to make new arrangements, or revive bygone ones. We may, for another example, see the return of the boarding house."

We will have to make new arrangements, or revive bygone ones. We may, for another example, see the return of the boarding house.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Motion is a great tranquilizer."

Motion is a great tranquilizer.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Societies get what they deserve, not what they expect."

Societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "People don't like railroad tracks near them? We'll see how they feel when the percentage of U.S. citizens who can afford to drive a car goes way down, as it will."

People don't like railroad tracks near them? We'll see how they feel when the percentage of U.S. citizens who can afford to drive a car goes way down, as it will.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "In our current frame of mind, or paradigm, or whatever you want to call it, we like to think that marshalling government policy is the way to get things done."

In our current frame of mind, or paradigm, or whatever you want to call it, we like to think that marshalling government policy is the way to get things done.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading."

Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that contains passages of truth and beauty."

My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that contains passages of truth and beauty.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence."

Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction."

I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes - very important and strategic."

Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes - very important and strategic.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "We have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more human attention."

We have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more human attention.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I believe our techno-zealotry will be moderated by sheer circumstance. We will do what reality compels us to do, not necessarily what our fantasies propose."

I believe our techno-zealotry will be moderated by sheer circumstance. We will do what reality compels us to do, not necessarily what our fantasies propose.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The suburban cycle which began a hundred years ago is nearly over. We are in for a period of contraction and economic hardship."

The suburban cycle which began a hundred years ago is nearly over. We are in for a period of contraction and economic hardship.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I believe most of suburbia is unreformable and will not be fixed."

I believe most of suburbia is unreformable and will not be fixed.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "We don't need gold plated highways. We don't need zoning commissions which penalize offices at home and promote car commutes."

We don't need gold plated highways. We don't need zoning commissions which penalize offices at home and promote car commutes.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "The skyscraper - any building over seven stories really - will come to be seen as an experimental building type that doesn't work well in an energy-starved economy."

The skyscraper - any building over seven stories really - will come to be seen as an experimental building type that doesn't work well in an energy-starved economy.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I think the deeper truth is that the Kyoto Protocols will not be followed by anyone really and that, in effect, nothing will be done to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions."

I think the deeper truth is that the Kyoto Protocols will not be followed by anyone really and that, in effect, nothing will be done to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "If the Internet exists at all in the future, it will be on a much-reduced scale from what we enjoy today, and all the activities of everyday life are not going to reside on it."

If the Internet exists at all in the future, it will be on a much-reduced scale from what we enjoy today, and all the activities of everyday life are not going to reside on it.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies."

I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies.



James Howard Kunstler Quotes: "We have to do commerce differently because the WalMart system of big box chain retail will soon die. This means rebuilding local main street economies (networks of local economic interdependency)."

We have to do commerce differently because the WalMart system of big box chain retail will soon die. This means rebuilding local main street economies (networks of local economic interdependency).