Utopias and Dystopias, Pt. 1

Lately, my mind's been dwelling upon the idea of utopias and dystopias. I'm quite fascinated with their juxtaposition; on one side, there is a society of advancement, of achievement; on the other, a society that is the victim of its inherent flaws and those of its inhabitants.  When searching for general information, I get info such as this (citation needed; heh heh). However, I get quite frustrated when the only definition you can find is simply "a perfect community or society".  Many of these so-called "utopias" were created in response to movements of their time (i.e. communities created during the Second Great Awakening). 

As a result, I've been cooking up my own definition. In our inherently flawed world, such a society cannot exist. Therefore, we must remove ourselves as theoretical inhabitants of a utopia.  Consider ourselves as Observers of the ideal society.  We, the Observers, can see the various examples of "utopian perfection": technological achievement, social, economic, and political equality, liberty, and cultural knowledge.  There must exist, however, an entity through which the Observers examine these perfections; this entity is the Metropolis. Think not of the Metropolis as a city, but as a being; it lives, breathes, and self-sustains. The Metropolis is also an ecological utopia- that is, the metropolis establishes a direct communication with its environment; that, or through its self-sustainability, it creates its own natural environment.  Therefore, the environment informs the metropolis and vice versa.

Well, that's what's been bouncing around in my head for the entire weekend. This is only a small part of my musings and of what I wish to achieve with this idea. This archinerd's got more thinking to do.