Abstract
It is common for both individuals and entire cultures to reminisce about a golden age in the past when everything was better than it is today. In the age of specialization, diversity is inevitable, but enthusiasm for extreme political correctness in urban geography tends to accentuate the extremes. The incorporation of social theory into urban geography was for the part a good thing that added sophistication to the analysis of urban problems, but it tended to create a cadre of 'true believers' who were unwilling to accept contradictory data. The various subfields and topical interests within urban geography have become even more divergent by becoming joined at the hip with political stances. Meanwhile, the urban environment group views both of the first two as fiddling while Rome burns instead of trying to influence important political decisions. The fact that many exciting new concepts emerged in urban geography during the 1970s suggests that the period was a golden age of sorts.
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