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The relatively self-sufficient new community with a dwersified eco- 
nomic base.—This should include provision for a variety of industries 
and offices, so that a high proportion of wage earners living in the 
town would have the opportunity to work there. In addition, this 
type of new community includes all needed educational, recreational, 
and commercial facilities; housing of various types and prices; some 
health facilities; and should include a public transportation system. 
This definition implies that the population size of a relatively self- 
sufficient new community is fairly large; it is unlikely to be less than 
25,000 and probably would be 75,000 or more. The community may 
be self-governing, or may be within the jurisdiction of a local 
government. Ry 
The relatively self-sufficient new community based primarily on a 
single industry—This type of new community, also, would include 
job opportunities for many of the wage earners living in the town. It, 
too, would include the needed educational, recreational, commercial 
and health facilities; housing varied in type and in price; some cultural 
facilities; and should include a public transportation system. A rela- 
tively self-sufficient new community with only one type of industry as 
its primary economic base is likely to have a smaller population than 
one with a more diversified economic base. 
The satellite new community.—This type of development contains 
many of the facilities of the relatively self-sufficient new town, but 
has strong ties (hopefully including rapid transit) with an existing 
city. It depends on the existing city for governmental functions and 
services as well as many of the employment opportunities needed by 
its inhabitants. 
The planned expansion of an existing town, or growp of towns.— 
Expansion around small cities, towns, or a group of towns can be 
planned and built to provide all needed facilities and services for a 
much larger than the original population, the community surely 
deserves to be included in the category of ‘new’? communities. 
The_restructuring of existing suburban sprawl to create communi- 
ties.—With very careful planning for the location of needed new 
facilities—such as schools, parks, recreation places, shops, and rapid 
transit stops—some suburban areas could be reconstructed as satellite 
communities, with a minimum of urban renewal and the resulting 
economic and social costs. 
The “new towns in town,” through urban redevelopment.—Harvey 
Perloff apparently was the first to articulate the concept of building 
“new towns in town” rather than urban renewal projects which have 
usually produced only one or a few portions of a community—high, 
medium, or upper priced housing, for example.? 
RECENT PROPOSALS CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW 
COMMUNITIES IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA 
Proposals for the development of new communities in Massachusetts 
and the rest of the New England area have come from several sources.! 
& The “New Southwest” in Washington, D.C., an example of public planning and private construction, 
and Universal City, in Los Angeles, an example of private planning and constiuction, might be considered 
a8 steps toward “new towns in town” but neither really meets the requirements of a hew community. 
Including members of the general court, State agencies, private developers, local officials, and even 
the Federal Government. . 
