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Did you know Irvine, CA (now 300k people) was a planned community? It postdates UC Irvine and was incorporated in 1971.

Many colonial cities and capital cities were basically built from scratch and populated by settlers. The Romans got quite good at this.

Australia’s capital city Canberra was planned and built roughly halfway between Sydney and Melbourne. Turned out ok

Ok,

if you really like circles, kangaroos, bush fires, public servants, politicians, and occassional access to ski fields.

But yeah, it's a decent example of a planned city.

Milton Keynes, UK