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Where would you put a new city, and what would be the point of going there? There are already settlements in every place it makes sense to live. Any new city w

Where would you put a new city, and what would be the point of going there? There are already settlements in every place it makes sense to live. Any new city would have to be developed on the strength of some newly-discovered resource; what would that be, and why would you not simply expand whichever town already happens to exist nearby, instead of going to all the expense of starting from scratch?

maxwell 2y ago
I'd connect the country with high-speed rail and focus entirely on manufacturing, just like China. Lots of cities and towns would pop up along the rail corridors, as in the UK and the first time we built out our rail infrastructure and everywhere else it's been done. The U.S. stopped building new cities around the same time we started adopting automobiles. Our highway system has enriched incumbent cities and created a nation of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships, and billboards. Let's build Hyperdrive City, Nebraska, where you can rent an apartment on the 93rd floor of the mall for $200 a month: https://br.ifunny.co/picture/derek-eedrk-can-we-build-one-of-those-insane-neon-ZhQQBMOC9 https://br.ifunny.co/picture/derek-eedrk-can-we-build-one-of... Or one of these: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chengdu-future-city-design-competition-masterplan/index.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chengdu-future-city-design...
- jjav 2y ago
  > Let's build Hyperdrive City, Nebraska, where you can rent an apartment on the 93rd floor of the mall for $200 a month What is the motivation for a developer to build a 100 story (or at least 93 I guess) skyscraper in some empty field in Nebraska?
  - maxwell 2y ago
    I mean, maybe we go with OKC instead: https://therealdeal.com/national/2024/01/28/who-is-real-estate-developer-scot-matteson https://therealdeal.com/national/2024/01/28/who-is-real-esta... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower Or let's give Washington back to Maryland (like Alexandria to Virginia), move the federal district to Lincoln, and build a new Capitol to accommodate a House with representation more like 70k:1 than the current (abhorrent) 700k:1.

maxwell 2y ago

I'd connect the country with high-speed rail and focus entirely on manufacturing, just like China. Lots of cities and towns would pop up along the rail corridors, as in the UK and the first time we built out our rail infrastructure and everywhere else it's been done. The U.S. stopped building new cities around the same time we started adopting automobiles. Our highway system has enriched incumbent cities and created a nation of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships, and billboards. Let's build Hyperdrive City, Nebraska, where you can rent an apartment on the 93rd floor of the mall for $200 a month: https://br.ifunny.co/picture/derek-eedrk-can-we-build-one-of-those-insane-neon-ZhQQBMOC9 https://br.ifunny.co/picture/derek-eedrk-can-we-build-one-of... Or one of these: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chengdu-future-city-design-competition-masterplan/index.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chengdu-future-city-design...

jjav 2y ago
> Let's build Hyperdrive City, Nebraska, where you can rent an apartment on the 93rd floor of the mall for $200 a month What is the motivation for a developer to build a 100 story (or at least 93 I guess) skyscraper in some empty field in Nebraska?
- maxwell 2y ago
  I mean, maybe we go with OKC instead: https://therealdeal.com/national/2024/01/28/who-is-real-estate-developer-scot-matteson https://therealdeal.com/national/2024/01/28/who-is-real-esta... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower Or let's give Washington back to Maryland (like Alexandria to Virginia), move the federal district to Lincoln, and build a new Capitol to accommodate a House with representation more like 70k:1 than the current (abhorrent) 700k:1.