DUSP MCP Application Essays → statement of purpose → scratch → Brief overview of philosophy (200 words) →
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As my outlook on these obsessions has developed over time, I’ve realized the following

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(1)

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Seeing how much needless devastation our car-dependency causes

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The importance of our cities for enabling equity, socio-economic mobility, and public health.

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(2)

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As I’ve visited more cities, Disneyland, and paid attention to the subtleties of my own environment, I realized that the interfaces that are most important to our well-being and happiness are the physical interfaces we built all around us.

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Seeing and feeling the difference between a car-free street and a car-infested one, the difference between a comfortable walk with visual variety and a long walk through empty parking lots, or the difference between a train ride and a drive through traffic have all become integral parts of my outlook on cities.

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