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I like to think that Barcelona is a good example of how Olympic Games should impact a city. Growth was controlled and it allowed for regeneration of some shady parts of the city. They didn't build crazy venues and the ones they did build are still in use today 25 years later.

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I fully agree with this. Barcelona is one of the best examples as for how the Olympic games can help.

London is a great example, but in London is easy to use the large venues. Barcelona was more challenging and they made well.

I think a better way to phrase it is "Barcelona is THE example". It's sort of like citing a unicorn when deciding to start a company -- sure, there's upside potential, but it's a whole lot less likely than you think.

> London is a great example

The area was regenerating itself just fine. As someone who lives in it long before the games. The olympics did nothing for the area and it's now partly going to be host to a cement factory, thanks Olympics.

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