Somehow their enthusiasm for economies of scale vanishes when financial profits aren’t involved.
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One spandrel of the art rag piece seemed so say he was going to make all the building materials right there, casting New Mexico as a candidate, perhaps using concentrated solar to slag and haul native rock. Condensing water from air the while, from auxillary BORING tunnels to less precious parts of the abyssal zones, building that showboat line, the 400mph Gondola, remote playtesters, an air powered tram, some bike rechargers, Anonymity Sanitization Spaces, all before hiring a Chief of Fun.
Gonna host Fyre. [So, all in with screw the rich? Really?] Same guy does all the security and cave shrimp [asks pocket recorder: ‘Do cave shrimp fart?’] cocktails, no delegation.
Oh, is it late to post a Homestead claim? I shall build my city in Outer Glaswegia instead then!
Constant pressure to cheat and beam down microwave energy from solar rigs in space.
Why not buy Detroit?
a…again? Sustainably. As one does. Glam up over the motorways nobody’s living on, offer public and school spaces as you take, go on sure.
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Such a radical idea!
Wealthy people paying for the maintenance and upkeep of the system and infrastructure that made them wealthy!
Imagine businesses paying living wages for its workers so they can go out and spend their money on products produced by them!
OMG!
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Ummmm, that’s not what “sustainable” means. Maybe if they’re using all recycled and/or up cycled materials…? But I don’t think they are and I can’t tell if @Flossaluzitarin is being serious or pulling our legs…
Jinx! Only I was thinking, “or, you know, you could fix the pipes in Flint, help fund redevelopment in Detroit, and still have money left over for grants to some locals for new businesses…” so, not buy it, but if the goal is to make a mark in a positive way on a community, those would be pretty great.
I’ve been there, and again, that is not what “sustainable” means. He planted non-native landscaping to remind him of home, and built everything out of concrete, which has a huge carbon footprint. The “city” is more of a small settlement (at least when I was there) and doesn’t sustain the population ecologically without tons of outside inputs. I do like his concept of cities having “edges” though. So you can move quickly from “city” to “rural” landscapes. But overall I got the impression of a huge ego-driven project, not a sustainable development.
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