https://marketurbanism.com/2012/10/02/from-the-experts-on-charter-cities/ Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 https://marketurbanism.com/2012/10/02/from-the-experts-on-charter-cities/#comment-12717 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3470#comment-12717 This project was just struck down by the Honduran Supreme Court because it violates the constitution. Honduras is a very corrupt country and this project was perceived as giving up in the rest of the country as well as a benefit for only a few. They intended to create a country within a country and you cannot compare Honduras to Singapore or Hong Kong. I may not be an expert but you don’t have to be to know the difference.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2012/10/02/from-the-experts-on-charter-cities/#comment-12704 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3470#comment-12704 Dense, walkable neighborhoods tend to lack gated fortresses.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2012/10/02/from-the-experts-on-charter-cities/#comment-12703 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3470#comment-12703 And that’s really the end result of the policies pushed for on this site – everyone in their own gated fortress, never having to interact with any outside of your economic class.

]]> https://marketurbanism.com/2012/10/02/from-the-experts-on-charter-cities/#comment-12702 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=3470#comment-12702 Singapore? Really? You can get jail for misdemeanors which in the US have fines of under $100 in some places. It’s less a free country and more of a gated community.

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