Are today's cities ineffective? "No," you may say, as you recall the housing, food, employment, and transportation they provide for their population, whose number often climbs beyond the ten-million mark. Notwithstanding, these assumptions do not provide an accurate metropolitan profile in its entirety. What you seldom see in the media is the tens of thousands of homeless, unemployed, poverty stricken people and the skyrocketing crime rate of municipal areas. These stunning generalizations are thought to be good by none, yet the same people whom they render speechless do nothing in the way of stopping it! However, if crime and poverty were rendered nonissues, no intervention would be required. The only way to accomplish this gargantuan feat is to start over; to build a utopia from the ground up. This theoretical metropolis would be superior to others in both design and social aspects, which would ultimately yield a plethora of benefits for its citizens.
        To begin, the city would be raised with a design that is not only attractive, but also aids in the ultimate goal of social harmony. The cornerstone design feat would involve segregating, yet not isolating, eight personality types in individual domes each with a maximum occupancy of eighty-three. By associating people with others like them, this concept both reinforces attempts at interpersonal peace and will most likely improve the overall quality of life. The occupancy also plays a crucial in the latter point, as this number has been shown through independent mathematics as the smallest population able to be maintained for long periods of time, allowing for close social relations with many people. To prevent the possibility of interbreeding, and therefore genetic defects, a population buffer was added to the mathematical result. As all personalities would be contained in individual domes, a unified business district (also in a dome) would be necessary, and therefore constructed. Within this dome are jobs of all trades for the every citizen. The social interaction required by working allows for an optimal blend of isolation and the aforementioned interaction and diversity. Additionally, to reduce the risk of widespread crime, no building is to be taller than two ten-foot stories. A building with any additional height may make a citizen feel small and unimportant and therefore more likely to rebel. Not only that, but this regulation would limit the amount of buildings able to be constructed, logically limiting the amount of jobs, and consequently limiting the population to that of eight small domes worth. Finally, elaborating on the idea of a business district, walkways would be constructed between each dome, including the business dome, to allow for inter-dome travel, ergo pedestrian interaction. This would result in the same benefits described above that pertained to interaction, and therefore diversity. Ultimately, the design and infrastructure of this utopia is irreversibly intertwined with the objective of social welfare.
        Perhaps it may be of question as to the specifics of the social relations that have been referred throughout this essay. The biggest, most crucial fact of this matter involves the upbringing of the citizens. The easiest way to guarantee a desirable disposition is to raise children in the city from the age of infants, assuming the consent of their parents. However, this concept hinges on the theory that genetics play no role in the outcome of a child. To add necessary redundancy, infants (hereafter referred to as "seeds") will be chosen based upon the joint personality profile if their parents that will most likely result in a well-minded citizen. After their exit from infanthood, a stage to be determined not by age, but by development, the seeds will enter the public school which is located in the center of each dome.  Over the course of their development, the schools would not only impregnate their minds with ideals of good citizenship, but would also assess the personality profile that best suits the individual, and at the age to be determined by the teacher (that of adulthood), would be relocated to the corresponding dome. This would lead to the mass association of personality types, which may discourage domestic conflict. Despite the fact that they live together, personality types are not isolated, and can mingle with members of other domes. Additionally, they would work, and therefore spend the better part of the day with, other personality types, further decreasing the feel of isolation. All of this mingling may seem obsolete, now that devices and networks that allow for interpersonal communication are readily available, but that impression does not hold true in Oceanville. That is because of the lack of networked connections around this town, reinforcing the need for social interaction. This will strengthen human communication skills. Ultimately, the major goal, among several minor, is to abolish the crime rate. The conclusion this is derived from is the accomplishment of strengthened social skills and a wide acquaintance base, as studies have shown an inverse correlation between social aptness and crime rate. This may be because an individual is logically less likely to commit crimes against another he or she has previously met.
        Along the course of this essay, it has been assumed that these regulations are to achieve an ambitious goal; benefits for its citizens. Among many, the most prominent three will be named. No cars are to be permitted in the town. This leads to more pedestrians, and ultimately reduced pollution. This will decrease the risk of related illnesses such as lung cancer and poisoning from carbon dioxide/monoxide and methane. As a result of the pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and the encouragement of social interaction, citizens will naturally receive more exercise, resulting in a more fit person. Fitness has been linked to the abolishment of several undesirable states such as anxiety/depression, diabetes, and obesity. The second point stems directly off the one prior. If more citizens are fit, then they will be more relaxed. This is a widely known fact and will be exploited in a way that affects all. As for the most important point; the ultimate goal of this entire civilization, is to produce a better human through generations of long longevity. As it applies to animals, these people will be actively and selectively bred throughout hundreds, if not thousands of years of moral reinforcement and deregulation. Eventually, the community will be expanded until it encapsulates the entire Saharan desert. After it reaches this point, it will be safe to gradually strip them of social structure and release them upon the world. They will have been overbred so that after hundreds of years have passed, when every world citizen is a descendant of an Oceanville citizen, everyone is in a desirable moral standing.
        Described in this masterpiece of social engineering lies a simple idea; that cities can be effective in the short term and long term; that you can provide a desirable environment for today's citizens and tomorrow's. It shows that the ideal city is not one that pleases you today, but the one that pleases you tomorrow.