01. Why are people so lonely in cities?

Alisa Nurmansyah is a recent graduate from New York University. She has a double major in Economics and Urban Design and Architecture. Alisa currently interns at the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce and has interned at NYC's Department of Parks and Recreation. Yes, super active. That's why I often call her parks lady or Leslie Knope, but—of course—there are so many other things she's interested in beyond parks. In this episode, we talked about how design can create solutions to our loneliness at public spaces and school campuses, but mostly we chatted about how lonely people are in cities.