Cities Are Good for You

Forget old-fashioned notions of living the good life in the country; PD Smith and Leo Hollis, both experts on the modern metropolis, want to tell us why cities make us happier. Hollis, author of ‘Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis’ reveals the unexpected ways living in a city can make us fitter, richer, smarter, greener and more creative, exploring esoteric aspects of city life such as what makes it possible to walk in a crowd without bumping into people and how we can design places that make people want to kiss. PD Smith, writer of ‘City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age’, tackles what it was like to live in the first cities, how cities have evolved, and why in the future, they will play an even greater role in human life.