Saturday, December 6, 2025

The Handbuilt City

Dispatches from the Rust Belt

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aerial satellite view of bentonville and rogers arkansas
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Pavementalities: Bentonville & Rogers, Arkansas

Nat M. Zorach

We visited Bentonville and Rogers, Arkansas. One star out of five (⭑). No notes.

The early surveyors of Bentonville and Rogers seem to have screwed up, as evidenced by the crooked lines that don’t correspond to a particular baseline or meridian, while the modern planners screwed up by allowing… *gesturing Italianly* this.

This article is part of a series of reviews on cities. Follow along with Handbuilt to stay up to date.

Nat M. Zorach

Nat M. Zorach, AICP, MBA, is a city planner and teaches about the energy and finance of the built environment at Michigan State University in the School of Planning, Design, and Construction. He is also the Treasurer of Abundant Housing Michigan, a 501(c)(4) non-profit advocating for policy and regulatory reform to make it easier to build better housing and better cities.

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