A
few
years
ago
,
a
friend
asked
me
,
"
What
makes
a
great
city
?
"
.
Despite
having
studied
cities
for
more
than
half
a
century
,
I
had
no
ready
answer
to
this
question
.
I
thought
about
my
city
,
with
a
few
people
in
the
park
.
I
remember
that
the
park
was
in
front
of
the
,
where
I
could
breathe
pure
air
and
listen
to
birds
since
that
place
was
near
the
.
I
liked
living
there
because
my
house
was
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
downtown
was
because
thousands
of
people
walked
through
the
street
to
go
to
their
jobs
.
When
I
was
a
child
,
my
mother
and
I
walked
on
those
streets
to
go
to
the
.
I
consider
that
the
most
important
buildings
were
,
,
and
,
where
people
could
appreciate
the
background
of
my
city
.
Currently
,
there
are
new
buildings
,
which
are
higher
and
more
than
the
other
ones
.
The
truth
is
that
I
like
to
see
those
buildings
because
they
project
a
atmosphere
.
But
,
What
makes
a
great
city
?
No
matter
how
I
tried
,
I
was
still
unable
to
answer
the
question
.
I
thought
about
the
reasons
people
come
to
a
city
.
They
come
to
work
,
to
shop
or
sightsee
,
and
sometimes
even
to
start
a
new
life
.
Yet
,
whether
people
come
to
a
city
for
a
day
or
to
live
there
permanently
,
a
city
must
do
more
than
contain
stores
,
schools
,
libraries
,
residences
,
museums
,
,
and
other
facilities
.
A
great
city
must
be
easily
accessible
,
safe
,
and
friendly
.
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