In chapter four, Walker and Lodha’s thesis invites the reader to explore the vastness in the concept of city life. They allude to different factors that draw people towards and away from cities. Chapter four is divided into five sections: cities, Bay Area, greater Los Angeles, real estate, and highways and transportation. In the first section, the authors express how cities are engines of economic growth that are densely populated. The main advantage a city provides is accessibility to airports, work, government, and etc. The next section, covers the Bay Area, a high-tech capital of the world focused on technological innovation. The Bay Area’s economic success has come with consequences, as those less fortunate struggle with higher costs of
