California Forever

The first images of a billionaire-backed “utopia” in California that could be built on 50,000 acres of Solano County land have emerged.

The renderings depict rolling green fields, an Italian-looking waterway, kayakers and bustling town squares powered by solar panels and wind turbines.

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Can always dream to be a billionaire and white :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Can’t be a billionaire just at home bs-ing with us all day.

No cars, just public transport and bicycles. Yeah, that’s going to work out well…

So it’s like Disneyland.

Don’t know why they chose rio vista. It’s just 15 min drive from my place.

CA Forever got the New York Times treatment

NYT: How the Dream of Building a California City From Scratch Got Started

The article is mostly skeptical, which fits MSM’s now fashionable anti-tech frame. But starting a brand new city from scratch is not that far-fetched, and fits SV’s startup mentality. Someone on Hacker News commented the city of Irvine was started this way not that long ago.

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Early capitalist funded utopian megacity examples. Some work out… others, not so much.

Foster City without the water. This imaginary city won’t happen in my lifetime. Why didn’t they help push the Salt Works project. Originally it was planned to have 48,000 people in Redwood City… a much better use of land resources and centrally located… the political climate will never allow extensive development anywhere in California anymore…

Good luck