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One thing that I haven't seen discussed, but I think is something that may be a factor in your comment is that you have lost all that is human within you. Why
by matt4077 9y ago
One thing that I haven't seen discussed, but I think is something that may be a factor in your comment is that you have lost all that is human within you.
Why would we need prototypes for a "virtual outpost"? If you want to connect your spine to your company's backbone, fine. But you can do that anywhere, right? That's the point, isn't it? Then why do it in the middle of the desert?
We already have these "virtual outposts". They're called "city". Or "town". It's where people "live" and have fun, "with some acceptable margin".
- Turing_Machine 9y ago>Then why do it in the middle of the desert? Because land in the desert is cheap. > They're called "city". Or "town". It's where people "live" and have fun, "with some acceptable margin". Some people hate "cities" and don't think being forced to be in one is "living" or any kind of "fun".
- matt4077 9y agoI really want to meet this intersection of people that "hate cities", yet hear about a Bill Gates venture in the Arizona desert with "80,000 residential units" and think: "Yep, that's me!" Or, more broadly, my point to OP was: assuming we have perfect telecommuting and the era of the city is coming to an end: Why build a city??
- yazr 9y agoI am not taking sides here. But maybe a university-campus-size city is beneficial for human interaction and symbiosis. And a 1M people metropolis with an abused under-class , squeezed middle-class and entrench NIMBY land owners is not ?!
- mathgeek 9y agoThat intersection may be the same people who are attracted to anything new that promises something different from what we currently do.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoBecause existing cities are poorly designed and expensive to refurbish.
- Turing_Machine 9y agoThe proposed Gates development has about 1/3 acre per residential unit. That's a lot closer to "suburb" than the "cities" you were talking about.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoMany people want to be near other people, restaurants, stores, etc. If I could live anywhere I want, I wouldn't live in cramped, overpriced housing clustered around major employers, but I wouldn't live in the wilderness either.
- rokhayakebe 9y agoIf you build your own city you "may" be able to have regulations allowing you to do things you couldn't do in, say, LA or SF or anywhere else.
- piyush_soni 9y agoYou can't go beyond the state laws anyway, so I don't think that would help much.
- lttlrck 9y agoNot having to fight NIMBY is a huge advantage.
- closeparen 9y agoZoning isn’t state law.