"Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem"

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Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.

— Erik Larson