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A “conservative surgery” approach to studying these things instead of a “gridiron” approach was championed by theorist Patrick Geddes. They’re not fairs, but Daniel Burnham’s 1893 work influenced the McMillan Plan for creating one of these things. (20[1])These things cause people to distance (20[1])themselves and place all of their trust (20[1])in money, according to an essay partially titled for “Mental (0[1])Life” by Georg Simmel (“ZIM-ull”). A reform (20[1])movement named for making these things (*) “Beautiful” (10[5])was called (10[3])a (10[1])cult (10[3])in a book on the “Death and Life” of some of (10[1])these places written (10[2])by Jane (10[2])Jacobs. (10[2])Lewis Mumford decried the alienating effects of these places (10[1])caused by their (10[1])sprawl. (10[2]0[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name these (10[1])locations that are the subject of urban sociology. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: cities [or city or metropolises; accept urban areas until the end; accept The Death and Life of Great American Cities; prompt on neighborhoods; reject “towns” or “suburbs”]
<Ethan Ashbrook, Social Science - Sociology&gt; ~26037~ &lt;Editor: Athena Kern>
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