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Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:57PM (#17357121)
> The founder of Dominos pizza built the city of Ave Maria, FL -- It gets high marks in the child safety/friendly category from the local press but feels suburban to me.

That's kind of the point of suburbs - to be more child safe/friendly than the city. It's not a bug, it's a feature. (It may not be a feature that you personally want, though...)

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Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by 0x4f3759df on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:09PM (#17360272)
Yes that's a major reason people move to the suburbs (but not actually why they were created in the first place), but on the other hand you can build a safe town where the buildings are close together.
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