Plans For $400-billion New City In The American Desert Unveiled - Page 2

James Bond Agent 007 · #21 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 12:46 AM**

I predict this will never get built.

And in the remote chance it does, building it in the desert is an incredibly stupid idea. We don't need any more cities in the desert.

If he absolutely insists on building it, I think he should built it here, midway between Jefferson City and Columbia. I would love to see a Jefferson City-Telosa-Columbia metropolis right in the middle of Missouri. It might make up for the mistake of putting Missouri's capitol and main university close to each other, but still too far away from each other to make it a singular metropolis.

James Bond Agent 007 · #22 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 12:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doady

Or maybe just invest in many of the USA's underfunded, underdeveloped, underbuilt central cities instead to maximize the use of existing resources, including the use of existing urban land.

That's the whole problem with the idea of building an entirely new city from scratch based on "eco-friendly" and "sustainability". True eco-friendliness and sustainability means not building any new cities or new suburbs or new subdivisions at all.

This.

Seriously - how about buying up every parcel of land he can in East St Louis and starting that city all over again?

dc_denizen · #23 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 1:07 AM**

What’s the ‘American desert?’

DetroitSky · #24 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 2:52 AM**

How about we worry about the water problems currently existing in desert cities before we go about building a new one.

Steely Dan · #25 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 2:53 AM**

Sustainability: reduce, re-use, recycle.

This dumb scheme does none of those.

Reinvest that $400B in any number of forlorn rustbelt cities first.

Now THAT would actually be a responsible move of sustainability.

sopas ej · #26 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 3:13 AM**

A billionaire wants to build a city out of scratch that has the social services of Stockholm?

SIGSEGV · #27 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 3:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

I predict this will never get built.

And in the remote chance it does, building it in the desert is an incredibly stupid idea. We don't need any more cities in the desert.

If he absolutely insists on building it, I think he should built it here, midway between Jefferson City and Columbia. I would love to see a Jefferson City-Telosa-Columbia metropolis right in the middle of Missouri. It might make up for the mistake of putting Missouri's capitol and main university close to each other, but still too far away from each other to make it a singular metropolis.

I get the desire for a dry place. I'd put it next to George, Washington if I were this crazy billionaire.

jbermingham123 · #28 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:17 AM**

They should build it on land that is already ecologically trashed, no reason to tear up more wildlife.. perhaps thats the reasoning behind putting it in the desert. And ideally, it would be adjacent to an existing urban area, because starting totally new urban areas is dumb at this point in american history... if a region hasnt been settled yet, there are probably good reasons. Anyway, I think a place like this would be perfect: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0033.../data=!3m1!1e3

CaliNative · #29 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:19 AM**

They will call it Dystopia.

SIGSEGV · #30 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by jbermingham123

They should build it on land that is already ecologically trashed, no reason to tear up more wildlife.. perhaps thats the reasoning behind putting it in the desert. And ideally, it would be adjacent to an existing urban area, because starting totally new urban areas is dumb at this point in american history... if a region hasnt been settled yet, there are probably good reasons. Anyway, I think a place like this would be perfect: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0033.../data=!3m1!1e3

Or they could clean up Hanford

CaliNative · #31 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:20 AM**

Can poor people live there?

CaliNative · #32 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:22 AM**

Proof that the billionaires have too much money.

CaliNative · #33 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Sustainability: reduce, re-use, recycle.

This dumb scheme does none of those.

Reinvest that $400B in any number of forlorn rustbelt cities first.

Now THAT would actually be a responsible move of sustainability.

He plans to pipe in water from the Great Lakes.

CaliNative · #34 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:26 AM**

Walt Disney tried that over 50 years ago. He called his new prototype city EPCOT...Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow.

CaliNative · #35 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:28 AM**

Been done. They call it Las Vegas.

CaliNative · #36 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 4:31 AM**

This sounds like the empty cities the Chinese built a few years ago in the middle of nowhere. Still empty. Vast waste of money and resources.

KB0679 · #37 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 9:04 AM**

"The former Walmart executive..."

Say no more.

10023 · #38 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 9:57 AM**

Here’s a question:

If you were going to build a brand new 5 million person city from scratch somewhere in the US, where would it go?

10023 · #39 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 9:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

This.

Seriously - how about buying up every parcel of land he can in East St Louis and starting that city all over again?

No one likes the weather.

MolsonExport · #40 Posted **Sep 7, 2021, 1:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by KB0679

"The former Walmart executive..."

Say no more.

A Bentonville guy promising the cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm? What a load of BS.