Zoning was fixed so that apartment complexes were allowed only close to bus routes. The city grows in lines, with no backup, preserving varied kinds of housing, with people at different income levels, organically, as D'Arcy Thompson recommends in On Growth and Form. They plant trees everywhere and fine people who cut them without permission, even on their own land. The city regulates where factories can be built, and what they can do. They note that the quality of life attracts good corporations, the kind that pay good wages, and they do not have to use tax concessions.
Companies help pay for municipal child care.
The city often employs single mothers from the slums, and sometimes helps people get materials to build homes with. Children who sort out plastic by categories can exchange it for bus tokens' The city has kids' programmes - and they treat all children like their own, with foster homes that care, or dorms and jobs. The head of the department is most concerned that they get food and love. City day care is free to toddlers and older, and run almost 12 hours per day. They even serve meals.