Uncle Jim Dissects Suburbia

James Howard Kunstler, who plays the cantankerous, crazy uncle of New Urbanism, gave a TED Talk where he looked at how bad architecture is ruining cities:

I like to call it ‘the national automobile slum.’ You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it’s appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.

So starts the 20 minute rant dissecting the ills of our suburban experiment. It’s an entertaining look at the poor state of our public space.

Disclaimer: As is the wont of crazy uncles, there is the occasional colorful language in the video.