Abbott imagines different styles of futuristic cities. I feel impressive about the imaginative future London, where the skyscrapers are 2000 feet tall while surrounded by urban factories. This kind of city is “vertical other than horizontal”, and I think it represents the social hierarchy itself. The most wealthy and powerful people are locating at the peak of the towers, having harbour-view offices and seaside apartments, while the workers are working at the very bottom. The current metropolises are very similar to this style, such as Central which happens to have the tallest skyline in HK and works as the daily

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