The Sun Sunnyvale's Newspaper Letters Will Sunnyvale be a 'poor kind of city?' Listen to the words of Thomas Merton: "If the nature of a city is such that it makes it possible for men to satisfy one another's needs directly and speedily in its streets and marketplaces and its cafes, it follows that it is better for the city to satisfy needs that already exist and to provide for these well, than for it to create artificial needs in order to dispose of new objects.... Or, a city that ignores half of men's needs and desires, and concentrates on only one aspect of life, say the commercial, to the exclusion of the esthetic, the moral, etc. is a poor kind of city." I think Sunnyvale is in danger of becoming 'a poor kind of city. Perhaps our City Council should contemplate this wisdom. Sandra Skolnik Sunnyvale [ Back to Contents Page | Sunnyvale Sun Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, January 13, 1999. ©1999 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.