and New Lanark, Scotland. Most of these did
             not survive long. One of the longer lasting of these communities was the Oneida
             Community. It lasted from 1848 to 1881. By the middle of the 19th century the
             utopian socialists were beginning to be eclipsed by more militant radical
             movements. These included anarchism and Marxism.
             In more modern times, utopianism has more frequently been used to
             suggest a naive and impractical approach to reality. Most comes by way of
             literature with stories such as a way to expose modern societies social ills.
             Some prominent examples of this type of writing include George Orwell's 1984 and
             The places mentioned in those stories were all imaginary. Such a place
             does not exist in the world as we know it today. Therefore the word imaginary
             comes into play. I have heard of places that have experimented with the concept
             of a utopian environment but none have truly succeeded. One example is the
             community in Chicago which George Pullman attempted to control. He attempted to
             create a community in which every person was taken care for, all had adequate
             housing, medical attention and so forth. In return everyone would work for
             Pullman's company. The better he provided for his workers, the better he
             expected their attitude towards working for him would be. Not everything turned
             out as planned though. A panic in 1893 lead to Pullman lowering the employees
             wages, he did not however lower the employees rent and other charges in the
             company town. This lead to what was called
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