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> Why is the town of Orania so beautiful, clean, and prosperous while the rest of South Africa is like this? because it's a tiny, self-selecting intentional co
by arrakeen 3y ago
> Why is the town of Orania so beautiful, clean, and prosperous while the rest of South Africa is like this?
because it's a tiny, self-selecting intentional community? i hate to feed the troll, but it's pretty obvious why a small, singular ideology-driven community might appear more "beautiful, clean, and prosperous" than a large metropolis
- friend_and_foe 3y agoJust to play devils advocate here, I don't have a dog on this fight and I basically agree with you, but Johannesburg is/was a large metropolis and was once "beautiful, clean and prosperous", so I wouldn't say it's obvious.