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That program was shut down in 1983 after funding 13 new communities — almost all of which were financial failures. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Urban Planning

Simplified: The program was shut down in 1983 after funding 13 new communities almost all of which were financial failures.

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2 months ago
The car won, that’s the story of Southern California, Stockstill said. 0.900

👤 Michael Stockstill 📋 News Article

Simplified: The car won that's the story of Southern California Stockstill said

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2 months ago
Despite its planning successes, Irvine remains every bit as car-centric as the sprawl its creators wanted to get away from. 0.900

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Simplified: Despite its planning successes Irvine remains every bit as car-centric as the sprawl its creators wanted to get away from

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Several decades later, the company’s influence over local politics remains vast. 0.800

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Simplified: Several decades later the company's influence over local politics remains vast

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The Irvine Company owns so much of the city’s apartment stock that tenants have accused it of being a monopoly that keeps prices artificially high. 0.800

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Simplified: The Irvine Company owns so much of the city's apartment stock that tenants have accused it of being a monopoly that keeps prices artificially high

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By building homes and apartments near each other from the outset, the Irvine Company was able to avoid, or at least tamp down, the not-in-my-backyard objections that arise anytime existing residents a... 0.900

👤 Michael Stockstill 📋 News Article

Simplified: By building homes and apartments near each other from the outset the Irvine Company was able to avoid not-in-my-backyard objections Stockstill said

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Irvine is frequently described as a wealthy suburb, and its per capita income far outranks any other large city in the county. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: Irvine is frequently described as a wealthy suburb and its per capita income far outranks any other large city in the county

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2 months ago
To jump-start its economy, Irvine donated 1,000 acres for a new University of California campus. 0.900

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Simplified: To jump-start its economy Irvine donated 1000 acres for a new University of California campus

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2 months ago
They also tried to create a degree of self-sufficiency by mixing commercial and residential development. 0.800

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Simplified: They also tried to create a degree of self-sufficiency by mixing commercial and residential development

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2 months ago
Most of the new town developments were lovingly landscaped with curved streets and trees and amenities like parks and pools. 0.800

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Simplified: Most new town developments were lovingly landscaped with curved streets and trees and amenities like parks and pools

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Cookie-cutter subdivisions sprouted to meet the demand, but they were so uniform and ugly that planners and developers began seeking alternatives. 0.800

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Simplified: Cookie-cutter subdivisions sprouted to meet the demand but they were so uniform and ugly that planners and developers began seeking alternatives

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Demand for housing was exploding as members of the baby boom generation moved into their home-buying years. 0.900

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Simplified: Demand for housing was exploding as members of the baby boom generation moved into their home-buying years

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2 months ago
Irvine was part of a new town movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which included the cities of Reston, Va., and Columbia, Md., both outside Washington, as well as The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History

Simplified: Irvine was part of a new town movement of the 1960s and 1970s which included Reston Va and Columbia Md

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Because the ranch’s 100,000 or so acres had been held by the same family for a century, it had the power to decide how it happened. 0.900

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Simplified: Because the ranch's 100000 acres had been held by the same family for a century it had the power to decide how it happened

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Irvine would get filled with homes eventually — the pressures of growth had fated it. 0.800

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Simplified: Irvine would get filled with homes eventually

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Builders then proceeded to throw up tight rows of one-story homes with minimal landscaping and nothing but a token sidewalk separating them from the street. 0.800

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Simplified: Builders proceeded to throw up tight rows of one-story homes with minimal landscaping

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Most of the region’s landowners sold off their land piecemeal — a couple of hundred acres here, a couple of hundred acres there. 0.800

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Simplified: Most landowners sold off land piecemeal

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2 months ago
In 1960, when what is now Irvine was mostly farms, the sprawl of Los Angeles was seeping southward into Orange County, Stockstill said. 0.950

👤 Michael Stockstill 📋 News Article 🏷️ History

Simplified: In 1960 when Irvine was mostly farms Los Angeles sprawl was seeping southward into Orange County Stockstill said

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2 months ago
In 1970 when Congress passed the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act it included a program to give loan guarantees to developers who built “new towns” that were economically diverse and con... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legislation , Urban Planning

Simplified: Congress passed the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act in 1970 including a program to give loan guarantees to developers who built new tow...

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Since 1960 there have been several dozen attempts to create new town communities most of which have failed to attract more than a few thousand residents. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Urban Planning , History

Simplified: Several dozen attempts to create new town communities since 1960 failed to attract more than a few thousand residents.

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