Max Rashbrooke on bad urban planning. In Porirua East, the ritzy Aotea Block overlooks "the mouldering state houses of Cannons Creek."

The result of leaving urban design "largely in the hands of private developers, and no-one is looking after collective goods like community centres and high-quality public transport. A neglect of the common interest lies at the heart of so many of our problems."

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131713265/max-rashbrooke-what-you-get-when-noone-is-focused-on-the-common-interest

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