AGAINST LARGE CITIES.
LIMIT OF 250,000 PEOPLE.
MR. C. RHODES' IDEAL.
H "If I could have my way about the City , of - Auckland, I would limit its ultimate size to 250,000 people," declared Mr. O. Rhodes on ; his return from the United. States yesterday. A community of that size, he added, was large enough to obtain all the amenities _of civilisation worth having, while it avoided a number of unlovely things that attached to larger cities, which he hoped would never be possible in , beautiful Auckland. "If I could have my way," he said, "there would never be any huge city in New Zealand. _As required, I would establish along oar coastline and inland, where needed, the necessary urban, accommodation, ten cities of "50,C00 persons each being at least ten times more desirable than two towns of 500,003 people between them.; It needs but little optimism and knowledge of other countries to foretell that the wonderful advantages of New Zealand 50 years , hence will attract and support a population which will build more than ten cities containing 50,000 inhabitants each." ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 12
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