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Elle Griffin's avatar

I had this exact same feeling staying in Vancouver this summer! And I interviewed someone earlier in the year who thought Montreal was a utopian city! (I’m now planning a trip!)

Maybe Canadian cities are just utopian because they are so multicultural, and because they seem designed to be a good place to live (so much culture, so much greenery, so many bike paths and places to stroll!)

I definitely agree that Utopianism relies on two things: systems designed to be of the best benefit to the most people, but also the freedom for those people to live the way they want to within their local communities. So far, democratic socialism seems to provide some kind of happy medium there, but it will certainly never be perfect!

Utopia is an evolution not a destination! And many of our societies are much more utopian than More could have imagined!

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Kasra's avatar

as a torontonian I endorse this post

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