Garden city movement through low taxes, low rents and more space. Despite Howard’s best efforts, the home prices in this garden city could not remain affordable for blue-collar workers to live in. The populations comprised mostly skilled middle class workers. After a decade, the First Garden City became profitable and started paying dividends to its investors. Although many viewed Letchworth as a success, it did not immediately inspire government investment into the next line of garden cities. In reference to the lack of government support for garden cities, Frederic James Osborn, a colleague of Howard and his eventual successor at the Garden City
Garden City, Utah including none of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over. Garden City, Utah Garden City is a town in northwestern Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town, thus is nicknamed the "Caribbean of the Rockies." Garden City was first settled in 1877 and an LDS branch was formed there at that time. Two years later the town had grown into a ward. In 1979, it merged with the neighboring town of Pickelville.