"He had read about Arcosanti in the 70s I believe and was expecting much more vibrancy, much more activity, and especially much more progress." That is rather

"He had read about Arcosanti in the 70s I believe and was expecting much more vibrancy, much more activity, and especially much more progress." That is rather how I felt after touring Auroville a few years ago. So much publicity on the project is from decades ago. You visit, and you find out the project was never completed, successive generations born there have split into disparate factions and there’s sometimes infighting or at least apathy about any common goal, and the surrounding city has boomed so much that the little intentional community in its midst seems like a quirky little cult instead of a guide to the future.