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Agreed. Why did we stop building new cities? There's plenty of space and we have all the technology to build even in inhospitable areas and make them more livea
by lazyjones 7y ago
Agreed. Why did we stop building new cities? There's plenty of space and we have all the technology to build even in inhospitable areas and make them more liveable and accessible than current crowded cities.
- maxsilver 7y agoWe haven't stopped. We build new cities all the time, we just build them on the closest empty land next to a job, and named them "suburbs". We don't build new cities way far away in the middle of nowhere, because building new cities is expensive and there's no jobs in the middle of nowhere.
- lazyjones 7y ago> We don't build new cities way far away in the middle of nowhere, because building new cities is expensive At some point it has to be cheaper than upgrading infrastructure for ever-growing cities and implementing all kinds of harmful artificial restrictions e.g. on traffic just to support increasing population numbers in exiting metro areas. > there's no jobs in the middle of nowhere. Many factories are in the middle of nowhere and I don't see why one couldn't build and fill office space when cheap attractive housing and well-planned infrastructure is available nearby. The reason why don't do it is more likely because most western countries have become stagnant and inefficient at large projects.