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For context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)

Basically, it was a city conceptualised by Walt Disney who considered the American City of the day to be too hectic, disorganised, dirty and crime ridden.

Therefore, using his and his teams experience from building disneyland, they had come up with the plan for the EPCOT project, which was planned to be built between Orlando and Kissimmee in Florida on about 113sq km (or about 43.62 sq mi) of property. There was even an incredibly detailed design which included these key features:

  • Radial Design
  • Urban centre and its towering hotel (probably the same height as most mega talls today)
  • Green Belt
  • Industrial Park
  • Monorail line (with 5 stations) and people movers
So my question is, what if EPCOT actually was built, what would this modern city look like, what fate would it share, would it become a succesful thriving metropolis or would it become a ghost town (this is assuming that they are able to keep to the original design as close as possible, i.e. monorail and all).
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