T H E   H O M E   I N D E X

• Preface4

P A R T I · T H E Y E A R

• January — The Month Without Its Festival11
• February — The Month Winter Stops Being New30
• March — The Month of the Turn54
• The First Season: Winter73
• April — The Month That Arrives On Its Own Time79
• May — The Month Everything Is Easy98
• June — The Last Quiet Month117
• The Second Season: Spring134
• July — When Abundance Becomes The Test140
• August — The Month The Cities Empty156
• September — The Bridge Crossed172
• The Third Season: Summer186
• October — The Turning192
• November — The Compression205
• The Fourth Season: Fall219
• December — The Door Into Winter224

C I T Y   C O M P A N I O N S

Not every city in the Home Index is chosen by the Index. Some are chosen by the people already there. These companions take the city as given and ask only where in it to live; they carry no rank on the boards.

• Chicago · North Center and Lincoln Square

P A R T I I · T H E P L A C E S

• XV. Reykjavik — Vesturbær239
• XIV. Salt Lake City — Sugar House241
• XIII. Vienna — Josefstadt243
• XII. Munich — Schwabing245
• XI. Zurich — Fluntern247
• X. Utrecht — Museumkwartier249
• IX. Aarhus — Frederiksbjerg251
• VIII. Kyoto — Katsura253
• VII. Ghent — Patershol255
• VI. Boulder — Mapleton Hill258
• V. Annecy — Annecy-le-Vieux260
• IV. Quebec City — Montcalm263
• III. Colmar — Quartier des Maraîchers265
• II. Innsbruck — Saggen267
• I. Freiburg — Herdern270

C L O S I N G M A T T E R

• Epilogue273
• Appendix A — Winter Escape: The Other Question276
• Appendix B — Those That Did Not Make the Final Field285
• Appendix C — Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt—
• Annexe C — Version Française 🇫🇷—
• Appendix C — Paris, Vincennes: Where We Would Live—
• Appendix C1 — Version Française 🇫🇷—
• Index296