Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most … - James Howard Kunstler

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I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

James Howard Kunstler

Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading.

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