Cities Of Tomorrow And The Cities To Come Summary

? (Summary):
The Cities of Tomorrow and the Cities to Come, by Noah Toly starts off with his search for the perfect place in Uptown, Chicago to meet with his students, talk about their days, and what they have been learning in school. He discovers, Alma Pita a little Mediterranean restaurant located in a very diverse community. After six years of meetings, Alma Pita closed and he was forced to begin his search again. Toly makes note of a huge variety of options for ethnic foods available just blocks away from their original meeting place.
Toly then goes on to mention a “City of Tomorrow”, Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. This is a place where people from all over the world come to trade and live in harmony. Here the community members accept each other’s differences, work
(Implications):
I think these “Cities of Tomorrow” are incredibly intriguing as the world would be overwhelmingly rich in culture. Though I do see how they have their disadvantages, as we do live in a fallen world and while examining history, we see that there is a trend of our species exploiting and place blame on the weak. I think Toly was right in his accusation, of the church being like nonbelievers in the sense that they are only loving those that are like them and are not welcoming towards those who differ. I believe that it is our duty as Christians to show the world Christ through our actions, and our work to be accepting and love unconditionally, as Christ does for us.
What Else? (Questions): The text made clear mention of a “City of Tomorrow”, the Chungking Mansion but how does this differ from the “Cities to Come”, as mentioned in the Title? Are they the same? Has Toly spoken to his students on this matter? I am not sure what can be done in these diverse cities about the negative consequences, such as racism because with diversity comes different belief systems and values. The citizens will have to have a way of fully understanding and respecting each other’s