David has said that he in no way intends this to be a Mormon community, that such an idea is the insular failure of early Mormon community-building efforts. I t

David has said that he in no way intends this to be a Mormon community, that such an idea is the insular failure of early Mormon community-building efforts. I tend to agree with him on that notion, though history is a different topic. But New Vistas is certainly not a "Mormon" effort, just inspired by an early and obscure Mormon document. That said, the idea of community building is doctrinal to Mormonism, so there's that. But again, he has no intentions of transplanting 20,000 Mormons into Vermont and thinks that would be a failure of the project. As to the feasibility of transplanting 20,000 people from all walks of life? Completely different matter. In his grand vision, they would all eat, live, play, and work in the community. Is that possible? There are larger cities, some planned, some more organically grown from immigration.