This is one of those fantasies that won’t disappear. The design of ‘cities of the future’ is a techno-fantasy, i.e. the intensive embedding of technology in urban infrastructure. It is usually presented as a hybrid of ‘enhancement’ as well as a ‘solution’ … but people don’t live like this – we like the ragged and the quirky, the private and the park … and above it all is the phenomenon of ‘desire lines’ …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/messy-cities-planning-for-an-unplanned-city/
§
They, and their lackeys, just won’t stop their cruel appropriation …
https://theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/florida-ban-west-bank-schools-state-agencies-bill