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com·pany town
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Company town
A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schools, markets and recreation facilities. They are usually bigger than a model village ("model" in the sense of an ideal to be emulated). Some company towns have had high ideals, but many have been regarded as controlling and/or exploitative. Others developed more or less in unplanned fashion, such as Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, United States, one of the oldest, which began as a Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company mining camp and mine site nine miles (14.5 km) from the nearest outside road.
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Company town
A company town is a place where practically all stores and buildings are owned by the one company that provides employment. Typically, it is in a remote location, so that residents cannot easily commute or shop elsewhere.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of company town in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of company town in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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Is this the exciting city of the future or an urban company town run by a data giant ? I think it's the latter, we are talking about wiring up urban spaces with a company whose business model is spying on everything we do.
We’re about as close as America still has to a one-company town.
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