Cities are serendipity in action. Before the rise of smartphones and Amazon, most people would venture to a library or a bookshop to grab a book. In the course of locating the volume in question, you would pass by thousands of different works on hundreds of subjects. Perhaps your eye would catch on something completely random but incredibly useful while you scanned the shelves. Life in cities is similar.
But has life in cities fallen to the same fate, as apps take over dating, transport, shopping, and the civic square,...?
