Las Vegas was created in the middle of a desert. Americans can build anything out of nothing - but only, of course, at the cost of billions of dollars. There is no desert in Poland. New towns and their districts are more likely to be built on cabbage fields
And people who know Warsaw well probably know what I am getting at. Yes, I am thinking about Miasteczko Wilanów, which was built on land that was cultivated by farmers only 15 years ago. On the one hand, it is has received much international recognition. On the other hand, it has been accused of being yet another bleak housing project with no public areas. Reading a number of the internet forums set up by residents of this new part of the city, more moaning than admiration is evident. However, the most common complaint of forum users is not the lack of public areas but the fact that there is no shopping centre or large hypermarket. I am wondering why the ability to do your shopping in a huge mall located right under your nose is s