Bagels vs. traffic jam.
Doron Taussig's review of my book Who's Your City? chastises me for not helping him figure out whether the "satisfaction of feeling at home in a bagel store outweighs a 50 percent drop in commuting time." What the book says is that I cannot tell him or anyone else that. We all want different things
Richard Florida
Director, Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto, Canada
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