Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads arteries and so forth. Geoffrey West More Quotes by Geoffrey West More Quotes From Geoffrey West When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere. Geoffrey West blackdarkwarworld The bigger the city is, the less infrastructure you need per capita. Geoffrey West needcityyouinfrastructure On average, an individual doesn't have a powerful connection with more than four to six people, and that's just as true here in the U.S. as it is in China. Geoffrey West connectiontruepowerfulpeople I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on. Geoffrey West doingphysicsmatterdark Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by having cities. That's where they - all these problems come from. Geoffrey West problemspollutionfinancehealth My provocative statement is that we desperately need a serious, scientific theory of cities and scientific theory means quantifiable, relying on underlying generic principles that can be made in a - put into a predictive framework. That's the quest. Geoffrey West needserioustheoryprinciples Cities are just a physical manifestation of your interactions, our interactions, and the clustering and grouping of individuals. Geoffrey West physicalyourourjust When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are. Geoffrey West cityfeellookyou
