ABSTRACT
Over the past generation, our world has rapidly grown smaller as more and more people and ideas appear to share it. In The Shrinking City, author Lawrence Fixel (1991) remarked on the changes many Americans felt:
It is time to acknowledge openly what has already been verified by a number of independent sources: our city is shrinking! And this in spite of all efforts, … to further various “expansion” programs. These include raising the permissible height for new structures, as well as extending the city limits. … As for the reaction of our citizens, it is varied. Some still insist nothing has changed. (Fixel, 1991, p. 45)
