That sounds awesome. I assume that's for plots of land that are a long ways from any other towns/cities. I kind of wish there was something like "Kickstarter

That sounds awesome. I assume that's for plots of land that are a long ways from any other towns/cities. I kind of wish there was something like "Kickstarter for cities". Basically, you get a few thousand or more people to put down some amount of money that would collectively cover buying a few square miles of land and connecting it to roads and electrical and water infrastructure. Everyone gets a plot of land in the new city, and the development and funds are managed by a non-profit that eventually becomes the new city government once people start moving in and there's enough population to run elections. The non-profit/government retains unsold lots that are auctioned off to finance construction of schools, fire departments, police stations, additional roads, and so on. Ideally, you'd partner with one or more major employers and/or a University that wants to build a new campus so that people coming in have jobs. This is potentially a workaround to the problem of "there's only a few cities that everyone seems to want to move to, and those are getting really crowded and housing is unaffordable". We just need more nice places to live.