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Glad to hear this is happening. I hope there will be some kind of review on this Blog about what issues and directions come out of the discussion. I lived in NYC for 19 years, until 2002, and have a lot of interest in what we can do with both 'my city', and these power-hungry urban areas in general.
I did read a great discussion in Whole Earth Catalog once, where someone wrote in about how inefficient cities were, and a New Yorker responded about how much energy is conserved in Urban life, in transport, heating apartment buildings instead of separate homes, eating at diners, etc, where one kitchen is feeding hundreds of people for every meal, etc.. AND, New York in particular is very Neighborhoody and Interactive, in my experience, and stands a good chance of finding ways to work together when it's necessary.
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Urban areas existed long before the suburbs were viable because of how efficient they are in transportation, heating, lighting, etc. They are also a place where you have the great convergence of labor supply, commerce, industry, trade, ports, rail hubs, universities, government/courts, innovation etc.
Rural farms also existed for even longer period of time because many of your basic needs are co-located on site with only marginal inputs from other areas.
As for the suburbs, they are a total fossil fuel enabled enterprise. They will live or die based on the supply of cheap energy.