COCKTAIL PARTY CITY Conference «THE PRIVATIZATION OF CITIES IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE», La Sorbonne 2004.

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In southern California, many traditional public spaces have been replaced by private equivalents. The streets are dimly lit, because cars use their own headlights. There are few squares and public gardens because every house has its own garden, every building its own park or patio. There are few public benches, because Angelenos prefer to sit quietly in their own cars if they have to wait in the street. And every single citizen participates to " the replacement of city streets and squares as social centers by suburban living rooms " . The megapolis's agora is not a collective place, but a network of private living rooms and other private places where one can meet.

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