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Restoring the American Village with Diane Alisa
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- Active Towns
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- Feb 6, 2026
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- 4201
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Summary
In this episode, I connect with Diane Alisa Tuft, author of A Love Letter to Suburbia: How to Restore the American Village, to discuss her journey into urbanism and her advocacy for walkable communities and the return of villages. As part of this journey, we discuss how a specific Not Just Bikes video opened her eyes to what was making her so frustrated and miserable. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Are American Suburbs to Blame for Everything? 👉 Buy A Love Letter to Suburbia: How to Restore the American Village on my Bookshop.org or here for Amazon and Audible versions 👉 Strong Towns website 👉 The Strong Towns Podcast episode feat. Diane Alisa 👉 My Daybreak New Urbanist - Walkable, Bikeable Community video with Mike West 👉 The Not Just Bikes video that started it all, Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia 👉 My Tim Gill episodes - Safe for kids means safe for everyone and The Battle to Break Free from Car Dependency and Return Childhood Independence 👉 Jason Slaughter with the Not Just Bikes Channel and I are discussing the Suburban Cul-de-Sac development pattern and unnecessarily long trips 👉 My Strong Towns Playlist 👉 Pocket Neighborhoods Video with Ross Chapin 👉 Oulu video with Pekka Tahkola and the shortened version 👉 Urban Cycling Institute Gender Differences report 👉 My episode with Jon Jon W - The Happy Urbanist 👉 My episode with Coach Balto on the Bike Bus movement If you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become an Active Towns Member on YouTube for exclusive member-only content and Livestreams 2. Join the Active Towns Patreon community . Contributions start at just $3 per month 3. If you enjoyed this e…