HCoFP: finis

No, I haven't finished the book yet. Working on that right now. Final chapters were a recap of everything else, skipping. Some appendices of or more detailed calculations. Then, appendix F! He excoriates scientific urban legend [my words], wherein a factoid is cited by a whole chain of people, with no clear source. In this case it was "US cities devote half their space to cars; in Los Angeles, two-thirds". Even Shoup's sceptical of this. Actual data?

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Finally done.