Urban Expansion Thinker Pillows

"Look kids - the countryside!"

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

"This town ain't big enough for the proposed outlet shopping mall at Millet Creek Pass."

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

'See, Jimmy, as the population grows too dense, the rats begin to brutalize each other...'

"We call it, 'Green meadows' because that's what it was before we decided to build on it."

Man at council planning offices can't get through door due to position of steps.

This site acquired for yet another housing development.

'Well, so much for our secluded beachfront property.'

We're from the City Zoning Commission, sir -- we've decided to tear down your house and put up a slum.

A Cactus giving a Bulldozer driver a rude gesture as it is being knocked down for development

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

'Well darn it...this isn't right...somebody should have let you know the highway was coming this way.'

"Hey, I'm sure glad we re-opened the downtown mall with this new road."

"We need a brownfield site."

"Suddenly, trying to figure out who to blame for our crumbling infrastructure seems pointless..."

The Constuction Industry - What to Build

Good roads, Infrastructure Inspection, Repair.

"I've found a filing cabinet here...a prime development opportunity! I reckon you could get three studio flats out of it!"

"It was the cheapest way for us to cover the potholes."

"Listen, it starts with just a road. Then it's streets and then avenues, and before you know it, you're on the New Jersey Turnpike, wondering where it all went so wrong."

Air fresheners being pumped into the city's sewers.

"We must put this to a rigorous and thorough public consultation that we can then ignore if it disagrees with us."

"We hadn't planned for this sort of traffic."

"They're putting up some nice garden apartments out near the lake, so maybe this town is big enough for both of us."

Planning Office - In-tray full of Tesco applications.

Town and country planning

"Stop the barking .50"

"Our sources show this is a heavily trafficked building of importance with ample storage. This must be their nation's capitol."

Keep off the green belt!

"Frog Gulch sure has changed since the last time we were here."