His Utopian community in Florida stood in the great tradition of populist social reform.

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The garden, still tended today, was a present they sorely needed since they were broke after Hawthorne failed to secure a refund upon quitting the nearby utopian community Brook Farm.

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His last big project was a Utopian community in Florida, in which he tried to use technology to rid modern life of its concomitant ills, notably urban sprawl and intrusive motor cars.

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