Oh man this is such a hard problem. There are many 'smart cities' built in EMEA region e.g. [1] that just haven't lived up to their hype. It's tough because we

Oh man this is such a hard problem. There are many 'smart cities' built in EMEA region e.g. [1] that just haven't lived up to their hype. It's tough because we don't yet know what to solve for. We don't understand the nature of city creation, what attracts people, how culture gets formed, how businesses and leisure activities pop-up. We don't know if things we perceive as problems are constraints that make the city thrive in unknown ways. We don't know if there's a significant amount of path dependency and sequencing that's appropriate. To me, cities feel man-made because they're made of concrete, steel, and other metals. But they're a lot like an organism, competing against other cities and only keeping features which make them continue to thrive. Super cool topic though and great on YC for opening research on the topic rather than proposing solutions. Best of luck to the team. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songdo_International_Business_District https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songdo_International_Busines...