A Slice of England...
Can't get to England any time soon? How about Shanghai?
The city of Shanghai is building nine new towns, each inspired by a town someplace else. Thames Town looks just like some places here - cobbled streets, Tudor houses, pubs, even a church (which creates an interesting socio-religious-political conundrum, when you think about it).
But to be really authentic, you'd need an M&S Mostly Food, a PoundLand and six or seven fried chicken places.
Oh, plus some stumbling drunks on the weekends.
Here's the link from NPR.
The city of Shanghai is building nine new towns, each inspired by a town someplace else. Thames Town looks just like some places here - cobbled streets, Tudor houses, pubs, even a church (which creates an interesting socio-religious-political conundrum, when you think about it).
But to be really authentic, you'd need an M&S Mostly Food, a PoundLand and six or seven fried chicken places.
Oh, plus some stumbling drunks on the weekends.
Here's the link from NPR.
posted by Matthew Reames at 12/12/2006 07:19:00 PM
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