The full article is well worth reading. Here’s the gift link from the author—and the only reason to pay attention to the Atlantic—Adam Serwer 2/2 @adamserwer.bsky.social

It's the latter, but at a much larger scale than you may be thinking. You don't know what questions you can ask until you've spent a lot of time with the sources. But you also don't know which sources are going to be important going in. Archives are not organized in some obvious or transparent way.

American planning will micromanage the facade materials of infill five-over-one developments—something that is trivial and easy to change—and then sign off on junk like this—poor street and public space plans that will undermine the quality of life of residents for generations.

maybe find a genie lamp Eric and wish for "mandatory cookies"