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	Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity 4.25 avg rating — 3,108 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town 4.20 avg rating — 1,608 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis 4.36 avg rating — 534 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World Class Transportation System: Transportation Finance for a New Economy 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume II by Charles L. Marohn Jr. (Goodreads Author), Daniel Herriges, Nathaniel Hood 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume III by Charles L. Marohn Jr. (Goodreads Author), Alexander Dukes, Jennifer Griffin 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curbside Chat: A candid talk about the future of America's cities, towns and neighborhoods. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“High speed auto travel has no place in urban areas where the cost of development demands a complex neighborhood pattern with a mixing of uses, multiple modes of travel and a public realm that enhances the value of the adjacent properties. High speed traffic destroys value within our neighborhoods. It drives out investment.”
― Charles L. Marohn Jr., Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume 1

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“Our problem was not, and is not, a lack of growth. Our problem is 60 years of unproductive growth -- growth that has buried us in financial liabilities. The American pattern of development does not create real wealth. It creates the illusion of wealth.”
― Charles Marohn, Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume 1

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“At Strong Towns we have developed ten Placemaking Principles[xxvii] - axioms to live by for those wanting to build a Strong Town. The first one is this: “A Strong Town is financially stable and must not be dependent on government subsidy for the common maintenance of basic infrastructure systems.”
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