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
It Was Written through". Despite calling the album "adequate" and commending Nas for his lyricism and flow, Krisex concluded that "It Was Written" "isn't nearly as satisfying as his first one." "NME" wrote that "Nas' neat, considered lyrics treat the violence that surrounds him with a mixture of remorse, resignation and ebullience." Christopher John Farley of "Time" stated "The lyrics in "It Was Written" could be sharper, but the music, energetic and engaging on many tracks, helps drive his message home." "Q" magazine called Nas's performance "angry, lean and full of drive." Both the "Chicago Tribune" and "Chicago Sun-Times" were favorable of the