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After weeks of local speculation, the purchasers of 55,000 acres of northern California land have been revealed. The group Flannery Associates – backed by a cohort of Silicon Valley investors – has quietly purchased $800m worth of agricultural and empty land, the New York Times has reported. Their goal is to build a utopian new town that will offer its thousands of residents reliable public transportation and urban living, all of which would operate using clean energy.

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[–] Khalic@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So working public transportation = utopia ?
How can one country be so disconnected from reality?

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe it's a utopia that also has clean energy and public transportation.

Either way, I don't trust the agenda. If they're legitimately trying to help, something good might come of it, but it won't be a utopia as humans will human.

Hopefully some valuable lessons will be learned without too much suffering.

[–] Khalic@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s like advertising running water. Utopias are supposed to be IDEAL cities. We’re talking no hunger, no disease, etc. Not just a few bus stations, something present in any major city.

[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not enough bus stations in every city. I'm like 5 miles in Florida heat away from the nearest bus station. I am only 2 miles from the nearest grocery store, so I'm not exactly rural. Public transit here is a joke.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Florida is one of those places hostile to anything that helps citizens using tax money.

After all, that's socialism, which is evil. /s

It also has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country.

Philadelphia has an okay transit system, though it is neglected, as does NYC.

[–] Khalic@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

That was the gist yes, only americans think this is an acceptable situation.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago