What's funny is that some form of utopia is / was within our grasp, and we deliberately turned our backs on it in the USA.
A walkable city is far less organized than something like arcosanti, as they tend to grow organically. But they do provide a significantly higher quality of life compared to most cities in the USA, because of the focus on car-based transportation.
> A walkable city is far less organized than something like arcosanti, as they tend to grow organically. But they do provide a significantly higher quality of life compared to most cities in the USA, because of the focus on car-based transportation.
It pained me to watch China, which had walkable, bikeable cities, threw it away for car-centric re-imagined cities. They were hoodwinked.
Well, it might be that looking successful is actually far more important than being successful. And for a modern state, looking like an American city is the epitome of success even though said US cities are peeling back the car-centrism.
A walkable city is far less organized than something like arcosanti, as they tend to grow organically. But they do provide a significantly higher quality of life compared to most cities in the USA, because of the focus on car-based transportation.