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> What it doesn’t have: enough people. "Build it and they will come" I spent a couple of days in Songdo and this was my experience, quite eery walking around
by ammmir 8y ago
> What it doesn’t have: enough people.
"Build it and they will come"
I spent a couple of days in Songdo and this was my experience, quite eery walking around at night, with nearly no cars. I almost started to miss the crowds of Seoul. Hopefully in a few years it will have a sense of community, something that can't be built with the typical ppalli-ppalli fashion. Smart cities everywhere seem to be plagued by this.
- whatcanthisbee 8y agoFor south koreans, it's all about "can I go to gangnam within 1 hour?" Most jobs, private tutors for kids, etc - are near/inside gangnam. Any improvements for this metric (eg. a high-speed train) will fix the issue in no time See "Gwanggyo new town" for example. It was a ghost-town until "new-bundang-line" (a high-speed train disguised as subway) made the trip to gangnam less than 40 min.
- bri3d 8y agoThe HK New Towns all evolved in this direction as well, to the point that sustainable local industry as envisioned in the initial New Town concept tends to be reduced in favor of bigger rail links to Kowloon and the island.