2024-05-02T15:53:47-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149965365/london-is-a-game-of-life-or-death-in-metropoly Nicholas Korody 2016-08-31T09:33:00-04:00 >2017-02-05T03:51:42-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/at/at3b6jfuibrodd9w.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>&ldquo;The city has long been a tool for social development and progression,&rdquo; writes Adam Fryett in Metropoly, his submission to Archinect&rsquo;s open call for August. &ldquo;It is clear however that the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/739371/neoliberalism" target="_blank">neoliberal</a>&nbsp;age&nbsp;of consumer capital has led to a regression of the social standards of modern city development, leading to a vast reduction in both the quality of life and life itself of a vast number of inhabitants.&rdquo;</p>