Privacy in the City

The Quad Urbanist · 4 days ago · discuss

Today I want to talk about something that I think gets misunderstood somewhat in a lot of discourse over urban density: the question of privacy. How much do you experience privacy in a big, dense city versus a smaller one or a town or rural area?Well, that's gonna depend on how you define privacy. 1. Big City SurveillanceLet's start with the obvious: if your interest is not appearing on CCTV, traffic cameras, or other forms of state or corporate surveillance, you'll probably be on camera more in a big city.There are more traffic cameras, gun cameras (in the US at...