ABSTRACT
Whereas in Petrella’s dystopia, cities, the CR-30, are the problem, for Jane Jacobs (1984) it is the actions of states that threaten future well-being. As detailed in Chapter 2, states constitute an amalgam of economic spaces, both city-regions and other less fortunate economic regions, a spatial arrangement that is by no means simply benign. For Jacobs there is always pressure within states to ‘kill the goose that lays its golden eggs’ – that is, cities. Jacobs confronts this state-city predicament and suggests a solution: city secession.
