Okay, so these topics aren't related.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Fred Kent, PPS, and a long article about the continuing evolution of America's public space. A good read.

On the other hand, this is really strange:

The broken windows index was found to be a significant predictor of gonorrhea rates. Poor neighborhoods with high broken windows scores had significantly higher gonorrhea rates than did poor neighborhoods with low broken windows scores. Indeed, the level of neighborhood deterioration as measured by the broken windows index was a better predictor of neighborhood gonorrhea rates than were demographic characteristics as measured by a poverty index.