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    19 August 2010

    Urban Planning at its best

    This item from Twitter by @pourmecoffee caught my eye:

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    The link in the tweet goes here. An A.P. article provides further details here. Here is a photo of the urban plan for one of the cities:

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    One city is planned as a giraffe, and the cities sewage treatment plant is located under the tail.

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