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This is fascinating, I had no idea Ford did this. Reminds me of Startup Societies today, and is a great example of a failed one. Are there any other examples o

This is fascinating, I had no idea Ford did this. Reminds me of Startup Societies today, and is a great example of a failed one. Are there any other examples of billionaires starting cities like this one (laws and all)?

b_tterc_p 7y ago
Bill Gates is pushing one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Arizona https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Arizona
dccoolgai 7y ago
There is an interesting history of "company towns" from the Robber Baron days that is similar in a lot of ways... also some of the early history of the Mormon church involves them setting up those kinds of settlements (read about the "Mormon Wars")
xvf22 7y ago
Here's one from England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville
- jimmcslim 7y ago
  And from Victorian England. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire
analog31 7y ago
EPCOT and Celebration, Florida On a smaller scale, neighborhoods with neighborhood associations can enact restrictions that go beyond the laws of the localities that they reside within.
Klinky 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan#Ave_Maria_University,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan#Ave_Maria_Unive...
afpx 7y ago
There’s David Hall’s Mormon utopia in Vermont: http://www.newvistasfoundation.org/ http://www.newvistasfoundation.org/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-newvistas-mormon-utopia/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-newvistas-mormon-uto... He apparently has had to pause the project because of controversy. But, I think he’s still working toward it, just more subtly.
jeffbax 7y ago
Charter cities are things that exist conceptually. Most famously Hong Kong and Singapore “special administrative zones”, but there are increasingly initiatives on the horizon trying to help fix institutions in countries lacking them around the globe: https://www.innovativegovernance.org/ https://www.innovativegovernance.org/
jecel 7y ago
Also in the Amazon, but a few decades later, the Jari project had some aspects in common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_project

b_tterc_p 7y ago

Bill Gates is pushing one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Arizona https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Arizona

dccoolgai 7y ago

There is an interesting history of "company towns" from the Robber Baron days that is similar in a lot of ways... also some of the early history of the Mormon church involves them setting up those kinds of settlements (read about the "Mormon Wars")

xvf22 7y ago

Here's one from England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville

jimmcslim 7y ago
And from Victorian England. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltaire

analog31 7y ago

EPCOT and Celebration, Florida On a smaller scale, neighborhoods with neighborhood associations can enact restrictions that go beyond the laws of the localities that they reside within.

Klinky 7y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan#Ave_Maria_University,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan#Ave_Maria_Unive...

afpx 7y ago

There’s David Hall’s Mormon utopia in Vermont: http://www.newvistasfoundation.org/ http://www.newvistasfoundation.org/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-newvistas-mormon-utopia/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-newvistas-mormon-uto... He apparently has had to pause the project because of controversy. But, I think he’s still working toward it, just more subtly.

jeffbax 7y ago

Charter cities are things that exist conceptually. Most famously Hong Kong and Singapore “special administrative zones”, but there are increasingly initiatives on the horizon trying to help fix institutions in countries lacking them around the globe: https://www.innovativegovernance.org/ https://www.innovativegovernance.org/

jecel 7y ago

Also in the Amazon, but a few decades later, the Jari project had some aspects in common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_project