Jane Jacobs is the author of the 1960s bestseller The Life and Death of a Great American City. For the first time, this book allowed the reader to question what the king is wearing: what professionals know about what people need and how to best meet their needs. In terms of its genre, The Decline of America can be defined as a cautionary book. But first of all, it is interesting for its simple interpretation of simple facts. The totality of these facts leaves no stone unturned in the myths that everything is arranged much better overseas than in our native land.