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Wow, roofed cities and personal airships? How could they miss the obviousness of the domes and flying cars we use today?
by dan_the_welder 17y ago
Wow, roofed cities and personal airships?
How could they miss the obviousness of the domes and flying cars we use today?
- sp332 17y agoThe Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) has 70 acres of enclosed floor space. I think people in 1900 would count that as a roofed city. Personal airships == private helicopters. Personal flying machines == ultralights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huntair.pathfinder.arp.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huntair.pathfinder.arp.jpg
- onreact-com 17y agoShopping malls are basically roofed cities. The roofed cities concept has been a very popular nation of the utopian literature of that time. I think one day we'll reach that state. We're just not yet there.
- DrJokepu 17y agoI'm pretty sure that the main reason we're not there is that many people actually prefer roofless cities.
- onreact-com 17y agoYeah, but roofed cities doesn't mean the city is a huge building like you probably imagine but the idea behind it is the ability to stay dry when it rains etc. So maybe we should talk about roofed sidewalks instead.