# Embracing our cities

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2018-11-22

cities, edward-glaeser, talk, ted-archive, ted-talk, transportation-costs, uncategorized, urban-mobility, video

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This is a great TED talk by Edward Glaeser about why [it is time to embrace our cities](https://youtu.be/ILDwnzQNlGc). If you can’t see it below, [click here](https://youtu.be/ILDwnzQNlGc).

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The talk was filmed in 2012 – right around the time that Triumph of the City was released – but the video was published at the beginning of this year.

It is also a good add-on to [yesterday’s post](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/180332561758/a-decentralizing-or-centralizing-force) about transportation costs and cities. I love how passionate Glaeser gets about these topics.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/embracing-our-cities)*