Utopian model of a city?
John asked a great question:
I am somewhat new here, but I was curious if you had a utopian model of a city. Not any current city, but if you could create a new city what would that city look like. I think that would go a long way. Maybe you already have one. I believe that saying this is what we feel a city should look like and why. Maybe that would help make things understandable. If there are new articles that you have that would answer my question, please send them my way. I know there is software that you can build example cities.
How would you respond? See below for my response to John's message and add your own thoughts.
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Hi there John, great question!
We take the view that there is no such thing as a utopian city because cities are evolving, complex, and need to be viewed as complex organic systems rather than machines that are created and manipulated through top-down interventions.
I'd love to share a collection of articles on this theme that I think would touch on your question below and I'll share what LeVette Fuller of Shreveport wrote to describe her community:
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/1/18/will-there-still-be-chinatowns-in-utopia
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/5/20/are-we-creating-solutions-looking-for-problems-md2020
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/24/suburbia-the-discount-rate-utopia
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/10/4/afterword-satbook
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/6/17/complex-cities.html
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/10/2/cities-are-complex-so-why-do-we-treat-them-like-theyre-merely-complicated
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/10/6/the-ever-improving-city
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/11/19/fine-grained
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/6/28/rethinking-regulations
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/9/11/want-to-understand-how-freeways-destroyed-us-cities-watch-this-guy-play-citiesskylines
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