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'We Have to Be Careful Not to Romanticize Cities'

Writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie confront the limits of urbanism.
Writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at CityLab Paris.
Writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at CityLab Paris. Melanie Leigh Wilbur
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Lagos. New York City. Paris. Baltimore. Washington, D.C.

These are some of the grand metropolises that have collectively served as homes to writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. And yet, the two do not identify as urbanists.