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The city is better because the city has an economy of needs and once you're talking about a city, maybe you can start talking about how you manage the climate of that city as a whole. Not by putting a dome over it but by more passive means that can potentially be put together in creative ways.

Jonathon Keats

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Jonathon Keats
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 2
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