Wendy Water's most recent post in her blog, All About Cities, ponders why city halls are so often "distinct, self-contained building[s] separated from most of the key residential, business and entertainment areas of the city.""Perhaps city hall workers need to have a variety of locales from which they can work," she muses. "Sitting in an office overlooking a poor neighborhood filled with the homeless, mentally ill and/or drug addicted might help inspire more creativity in solving this issue. Reporting to work in a struggling business district similarly might allow city workers to better understand the needs of businesses in that area."
Are city workers isolated from the rest of their community? Is this less a problem in a smaller city like Columbia, or is it true everywhere?
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