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Ebenezer Howard built a better city than the government

That time a group of investors built the welfare city London couldn't.

· 19 February 2026 · 9 min

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After companies built the cities of Bournville and Port Sunlight, and gave them to residents, the social reformer Ebenezer Howard was inspired to systematize the model.

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