The Invisible Hand

A most interesting article in Slate yesterday, by their architecture critic, Witold Rybczynski, is his discussion of urban sprawl, based on the book, "Sprawl," by Robert Bruegmann. It details the genesis of sprawl, where it got its name and how it's not an American nuisance. Worth reading. At the end of it, I wondered: Will major cities in the world eventually start looking like a donut? The middle is empty, but the exterior is filled with people who have fled to the outer core to be alone, but they're really not?