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what did New Urbanist architect Andres Duany mean when he said Seaside was inspired by the New Towns of nazi lebensraum planning?

anakin-padme-2 he's not being literal, right??

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[–] mechwarrior2@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That wouldn't just be weird that would be extremely sus lol

Yes, the hub and spoke layout is part of the neoclassical pretension which the early American civil engineers, the Nazis, and the new urbanists can all share without contradiction since they are all part of the same reactionary intellectual tradition (liberalism).

But when the libertarian architect tells you he was inspired by Nazis, that's a mf nazi