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Re:Shan-Zhen: How a Small Irish Town Influenced the Mega-Cit... by jessaustin on Thursday January 28, 2016 @10:52AM (#10988873)
Interesting, what even the Chinese Communist Party recognized from early on: those areas with "decentralised" management are more likely to succeed than others that must constantly respond to the capricious top-down dictates of remote legislatures and bureaucrats.
Re:Shan-Zhen: How a Small Irish Town Influenced the Mega-Cit... by jamespitts on Thursday January 28, 2016 @02:46PM (#10990672)
It depends on how you define success. The economic efficiency of how this place was developed cannot be denied. But is there a civic center in Shannon, Ireland? A downtown with people doing things?

Civilization does require some centralization in order to make life for people... livable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/2lf1d0/life_in_sha...