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Designed by Imagineers, and located on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, the town of Celebration, Florida welcomed its first residents on 18th June, 1996.\nOver 5,000 families had applied to be amongst the first ever homeowners to reside, full-time, in the grounds of a theme park. Conceptually, the town was a mash-up of the wistful nostalgia that inspired the designs of Disneyland\u2019s original Main St, USA and Disney\u2019s \u2018utopian city of tomorrow\u2019 vision (which, eventually, manifested as EPCOT).\nIn this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion consider the restrictions of living in a New Urbanist community; ask why the town remains over 90% white; and wonder whether anyone really needs singing bins\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 Disney fan-site \u2018Inside The Magic\u2019 on Walt\u2019s \u2018Florida Project\u2019:\xa0https://insidethemagic.net/2021/01/walts-disney-florida-project-lp1/\n\u2022 Insider takes a tour of modern-day Celebration (2020):\xa0https://www.insider.com/what-it-is-like-to-live-in-celebration-florida-2020-1\n\u2022 \u2018Celebration: the creepy real life town Disney built in Florida\u2019 (news.com.au, 2019):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCko6cVniEw\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021\n#90s #Strange #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices