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SUBURBAN CELEBRATION //

On the hunt for utopia // Fake snow & cotton candy in the town that Disney built.

“Come hungry, leave happy”. McDonald’s monstrous neon sign shows off its morbidly obese grin along the U.S. Highway 192.

The Florida peach sunset can only fight for attention with a red lobster-shaped car parked in front of it.

An army of endless cheap motels and the finest selection of fast-food chains known to humanity make up the audience when 60.000 cars clog the four-lane artery between Orlando and the Magic Kingdom of Disney World every day.

The rumour is that New Urbanism Utopia can be found along this strip of asphalt, hidden behind the unrelenting shopping orgies and frantic theme parks.

Its name is Celebration and it turns 15 this year. Read the whole story.