Imagine, the perfect little town, row after row of aesthetically perfect houses, one no more special than the one sitting next to it. If ever you could find a place like this, it would probably be Celebration, Florida; a town own and run by Disney. Michael Pollan, a New York Times writer tells us of the everyday runnings of the town.
There is no separation of classes in Celebration, there are million dollar homes boardered with homes selling at a 1/5 of that cost. Each home has a strict policy to be adheared to. There are no changes that can be made to any house, or even the lawn, without the approval of Disney.
This town was derived from Walt Disney's idea of utopia. The actual place that Mr. Disney wanted to create this "perfect" town was Epcot, which stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. His idea of this town would be a high-tech model city of about 20,000 residents. Not wanting to dump any funds into a place that might suck more money than earn it; Disney company executives shelved Walt Disney's project. It wasn't until 1984, when Michael Eisner took the reigns at Disney, that this project actually started being developed.
Celebration, has not been without its problems. There were some disagreements with some parents regarding the way the school was run, as well as neighbors disagreeing with neighbors. Disney, being new to the whole running of the city, has been at a loss as how to handle these type of situations.
Can a town, actually be run without the politics of every other city in the nation? You tell me.
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