Victory City Project Vs. Pruitt-Igoe

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The Victory City project does look a lot like the Pruitt-Igoe project, these types of little cities have been tried before and failed. People’s lives were changed forever and not in a good way. The city of the future looks a lot like a prison of the future. Although I can understand the concept of the Victory city, the idea of building something to house that many people in one place can turn out to be one big nightmare for all residents, just like Pruitt-Igoe site. The idea of no crime, no pollution, or overcrowding sound great. Mr. Simpson’s ideas may have come from a good place to help the planet and expand people’s ideas of the perfect place to live. Unfortunately, when you add the human element there is no way to control how people will

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