there should be old town shopping streets and souks, not suburban american-style shopping malls with security checkpoints. every time i was there i could see how the landscape could be restored, if only all those ugly cities across gush dan and the sharon plain were torn down.

the factories and coal powerplants should be dismantled. there shouldn't be a need to reclaim water from the sea. if only people could live simpler lives with agriculture and traditional manufacturing. etc