I was thinking specifically of Brasilia and the criticisms of it in the book Seeing Like a State, how the planning ignored the reality of how people actually li

I was thinking specifically of Brasilia and the criticisms of it in the book Seeing Like a State, how the planning ignored the reality of how people actually lived their lives. It's also interesting that all the examples you gave as well as the other reply, are (or were) capital cities of their respective countries. Of course, if it's the seat of the national government, people will need to live / work there and there will be a city. The Line doesn't have that, though.