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What Myanmar's bizarre capital tells us about the future of travel

  • Written by David Bockino, Assistant Professor of Communication, Elon University

Naypyidaw, Myanmar, is one of the strangest capital cities in the world. The city, only a decade old, is a sprawling maze of 20-lane highways, government compounds and pastel condominiums.

One visitor described it as “an eerie picture of post-apocalypse suburban America.” Another was more blunt, calling it “the most awful place...

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