I’ve always said, if I were the czar of the southern US, I would invest in a comprehensive light rail system, outlaw future construction of strip malls and tract homes, and use LEGO houses to plan out the next round of growth.
Looks like South Carolina is starting to listen.
Meeting to plan the urban growth of the next two decades, leaders in Greenville used LEGOs to visualize how they were going to accommodate 234,000 residents in the next 22 years.
There is huge opportunity improve the livability of new communities and cut environmental impact and traffic headaches through urban planning, and it’s good to see South Carolina on the forefront of LEGO’s potential for plotting out communities.
I mean, have you seen these Legoland models? They’re incredible. You could plan every detail down to the color of the bus stop signs if you wanted to.
Unfortunately, the folks at this meeting limited their play to placing bricks on the map like placeholders, but still, Upstate Today reported, at the end of the day, all of the LEGO models had to be documented, recorded and cleaned up before the city planners were allowed any dessert.
