“There’s nothing new about this design. Before workers could afford cars or transportation to work in the 19th and early 20th centuries, neighborhoods would be built around the factories and warehouses where people worked”
A perfect example of this concept is the Pullman District, a community on the far south side of Chicago that was built around a turn of the century factory owned by the Pullman family (George Pullman) that made railroad cars.
The neighborhood still exists in its entirety and is a tourist spot now. I used to go there when I worked and/or lived in Chicago when young (I live in FL now, thank goodness). It is a fascinating time piece neighborhood.
The company would gouge its citizen workers living in the hood for their food expenses, rent etc, A little socialist Utopia that was really a dictatorship run by the Company. Now the little homes/apts (each section of housing was different depending how much the worker made) are still inhabited and probably worth a lot of money if sold, as the whole area there is now a historic district.
There remains a large Victorian hotel there that you could eat wonderful brunches/lunches at; Todd Lincoln, Abraham’s son, frequented it (or maybe lived there awhile). I forget his tie-in to the Pullman area.
I’m going to Wiki “Pullman District in Chicago, IL” to refresh my memory. You history buffs might want to do the same. I used to love to go down to the Southside Pullman District to explore and eat lunch at the Florence Hotel. It’s a real time capsule in itself with its historic old Victorian charm. You can get the history of the area by touring the area and by info available to tourists at the hotel. It’s been years since I visited there though, so who knows what the status/use of the Hotel is now.
P.S.: Google “Pullman State Historic Site” that pulls up its History as a Utopian planned workers community south of Chicago. Lots of pics and turn of the century (1880) history info at site. Most interesting (see my post on Pullman District above).