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Plans For A $400B City In The American Desert
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:32 pm
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The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person "new city in America" and appointed a world-famous architect to design it.
Now, he just needs somewhere to build it -- and $400 billion in funding.
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The former Walmart executive last week unveiled plans for Telosa, a sustainable metropolis that he hopes to create, from scratch, in the American desert. The ambitious 150,000-acre proposal promises eco-friendly architecture, sustainable energy production and a purportedly drought-resistant water system. A so-called "15-minute city design" will allow residents to access their workplaces, schools and amenities within a quarter-hour commute of their homes.
Although planners are still scouting for locations, possible targets include Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and the Appalachian region, according to the project's official website.
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The announcement was accompanied by a series of digital renderings by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the architecture firm hired to bring Lore's utopian dream to life. The images show residential buildings covered with greenery and imagined residents enjoying abundant open space. With fossil-fuel-powered vehicles banned in the city, autonomous vehicles are pictured traveling down sun-lit streets alongside scooters and pedestrians.
Another image depicts a proposed skyscraper, dubbed Equitism Tower, which is described as "a beacon for the city." The building features elevated water storage, aeroponic farms and an energy-producing photovoltaic roof that allow it to "share and distribute all it produces."
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The first phase of construction, which would accommodate 50,000 residents across 1,500 acres, comes with an estimated cost of $25 billion. The whole project would be expected to exceed $400 billion, with the city reaching its target population of 5 million within 40 years.
Funding will come from "various sources," project organizers said, including private investors, philanthropists, federal and state grants, and economic development subsidies. Planners hope to approach state officials "very soon," with a view to welcoming the first residents by 2030.
CNN
I hate linking stories from CNN & Fox, but this showed up on my articles of interest list.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:34 pm to OweO
Would you so kindly...
ETA: Bioshock coming to reality in the desert!
ETA: Bioshock coming to reality in the desert!
This post was edited on 9/6/21 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:34 pm to OweO
Won’t be wheelchair accessible though
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:35 pm to TheeRealCarolina
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Won’t be wheelchair accessible though
Original.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:35 pm to OweO
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desert
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Appalachian region
The first thing he needs is a geography lesson
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:37 pm to Jim Rockford
Last thing we need is another city
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:38 pm to OweO
This certainly goes together.
This certainly does not go together.
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the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm
This certainly does not go together.
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The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:38 pm to OweO
5 million people in a desert city with drought resistant water. What could go wrong?
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:38 pm to OweO
There needs to be heavy vetting* for potential residents or it will look like the Presidential street in BR within 20 years.
*Heavy vetting can result from/lead to soul kissing.
*Heavy vetting can result from/lead to soul kissing.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:39 pm to OweO
Attempting to put a city in a desert is not my idea of "eco-friendly".
There's this substance called water that is essential to human survivability and 5 inches of rain a year doesn't cut it.
There's this substance called water that is essential to human survivability and 5 inches of rain a year doesn't cut it.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:39 pm to OweO
Where will the undocumented, welfare recipients and refugees fit in?
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:39 pm to OweO
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Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and the Appalachian region
Does anyone notice what these places have in common?
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:39 pm to Crawdaddy
I don't care how eco friendly it is, there's not enough water in the southwest to sustain what they have now.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:39 pm to OweO
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The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm
Pick exactly one
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:40 pm to Crawdaddy
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Last thing we need is another city
We don't need another typical American city, but if its possible to have a city without homeless people and the standard crime American cities have.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:40 pm to OweO
I remember playing sim city as a kid too.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:41 pm to OweO
Why would you want to build it?
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:41 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Does anyone notice what these places have in common?
White taxpayers
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