A Call To Oppose New Urbanism And Smart Growth

Steven Greenhut calls on citizens to oppose urban planners' "utopian" ideals of New Urbanism and Smart Growth before it is too late.

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April 4, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"While the fixations of trendy planners might not register on the list of things that average Americans think about, these new utopian land-use ideals [New Urbanism and Smart Growth] are filtering down into government agencies and city councils, and might eventually impact the way we all live...

The New Urbanists claim to want to give our lives meaning by creating superior urban forms of living, yet they miss the most meaningful things in life because they emphasize architecture over people. Like all totalitarians, they assume that what they prefer is so good and noble that they have the moral right to impose it on everybody else."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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