Well the suburbs were made out of ticky tacky and they all looked just the same. Their adoption was also driven by racism.<p>As long as people are interested in eating, drinking, partying, culture, socializing and having casual sex - cities as most desirable places to live are inevitable.<p>The gentrification could be viewed as a very subtle form of segregation - that you could just price out people you don&#x27;t want to mix with from the places you deem desirable.