The over-bearing central planning feel to this at first reminded me of a government and economy system that ol&#x27; Walt was probably diametrically opposed to. But then I realized it&#x27;s just a futurist attempt at the Company Town [1] concept again.<p>Having lived near somewhere like Poundbury [2] before, it&#x27;s probably no accident that the place felt like an empty theme park. While the architecture is pretty there is something soulless about the place.<p>As mentioned in the article, he was only a couple of months before death by lung cancer, and I think that much of the vision must have been his desire to leave some ideas bigger than rides and cartoons. I don&#x27;t think the current white picket fenced retired millionaires town of Celebration is what he had in mind at all.<p>EDIT: I&#x27;m getting mixed up between &#x27;Celebration&#x27; and the newer &#x27;Golden Oaks&#x27; Disney development. Golden Oaks looks like physical VR for the wealthy. [3]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Company_town" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Company_town</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Poundbury" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Poundbury</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.disneygoldenoak.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.disneygoldenoak.com&#x2F;</a>