Thoughts on the thoughts of those having thoughts about Ezra Klein's latest...

Because the readers have demanded that I wade into this highly boring issue and offer my two cents worth. I refuse. However, here is my free version, an excerpt from the speech I delivered at the Elk's Head Lodge back in '99, as transcribed by Barney:

As a Texan who has lived much of the last decade in Munich, I never fell out of love with the pedestrian-friendly densities of Europe, which extend from downtown to the suburbs.

I miss those morning sidewalks of popping into the bakery for a fresh semmel and a cup of coffee, stopping at the newsstand for a Guardian and a pack of gum, dropping into the subway station, and hopping on the the train that would carry me downtown.

We face need not a choice between urban and suburban environments, but we should expand our notions as to what suburbia can be.

I was such a prat. Where's my gun? Mama's hungry.

Update: My prescience astounds me.