utopias

This reads like a list of utopian towns or even worlds from a bad space opera . . . . maybe they would actually be dystopias?

Movin’ On Up (Harpers.org):

The following is a list of residential high-rises constructed in the last few years in Beijing. As of March 2004 there were more than 3,500 registered developers in Beijing, and the government is promoting a building campaign under the slogan “Development is the only principle.” Translated from the Chinese by Mike Meyer. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, March 2004.

  • American Rock
  • Bank Landscape
  • Bobo House
  • Boning Park
  • By Yourself
  • CEO
  • Easy Port
  • European Culture Park
  • Glamour International
  • Glory Vogue
  • Ideal Life
  • Latte Town
  • Luxuriant City
  • Manhattan Garden
  • Margarita Island
  • Merlin Champagne Town
  • Minority Live
  • Moderate Shangri-La
  • MoMA
  • New Fortune Garden
  • Palm Springs
  • Paris Station
  • Park Avenue
  • Pink Box ER
  • Shining Book
  • SoHo
  • Sun City
  • Top Aristocrat
  • Upper East Side
  • Vitality Building
  • Warm Homeland
  • Wonderful Digital Jungle
  • Younghot
  • Youth Town
  • Yuppie International Garden

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