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"Rush Hour in Belize" is the title of this flickr photo from Cities tend to develop the way living organisms do-- they begin their lives as small and simple creatures, they eventually flower into maturity, and some occasionally decay and die out. Cities are located where they are--

Though Astana has existed under different names for almost two centuries, it was only a small mining town until the mid-1950s, when Nikita Khruschev decided it would become an important grain-producer. After replacing Almaty as Kazakhstan's capital in 1997, Astana has experienced a dramatic transformation, with a population that has doubled to 600,000 residents.

Like Brasilia, Astana boasts some impressive architecture, but is still rather bleak and humorless. Dozens of ambitious construction projects are underway, however, so the city's future is not without some hope.

2. Belmopan, Belize

What if the government moved the capital city and no one came? That was more or less the situation when

"Let's build a city... there!" The world's 4 least impressive planned capitals originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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