Walker writes, "...when we engage in conversations about what makes a great city, or for that matter a good life, we have to remember that outside the sealed windows of our salon or charrette or network of likeminded blogs, most of our fellow citizens are working on more fundamental needs, and are motivated by those needs as they travel in the city. They're buying food, or earning their rent money, or getting home to their families.
Those people are in a hurry, and they have every right to be."
