Building an entirely new city from scratch in Northern California: an environmentally friendly way of providing more housing, according to some silicon valley types (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by maol@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I particularly love the billionaires talking about space/Mars and colonizing it. Like that's somehow easier than lobbying for change and saving our already habitable planet.

[-] maol@awful.systems 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

no irritating residents groups on Mars. And no need for an environmental impact report. It really is quite close to early colonialism

[-] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think they imagine themselves to be the ones living on Mars.

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