Dr Elizabeth Farrelly, Founder and CEO of the Better Cities Initiative, discusses reinventing apartment living by exploring the lack of individuality in contemporary designs, comparing old vs. modern apartments, reflecting on the impact of neoliberalism, and advocating for prioritizing the common good in urban design.

Columnist Elizabeth Farrelly explores the concept of utopia in modern cities, challenges in urban planning, and visions of utopian cities on Earth, the moon, and Mars. She discusses the adversarial nature of city-making consultations, human desires versus collective good, and the impact of greed on future cities and space colonization.