Building a new city is super interesting
VCs are discussing funding them:
@justGLew said: "We’re actively investing in charter cities and enabling technology for new cities @bedrock, having closed our first investment in this important emerging area this week."
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Here's some brief tidbits: 1. A charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than by general law. 2. As of 21 January 2020, 125 of California's 478 cities are charter cities. SF, Oakland, Sac, LA - all charter cities.
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3. Madagascar and Honduras have considered creating new charter cities with new govs - they've since backed out. 4. A similar topic is planned communities, which is a community carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land.
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5. Shaker Heights in Ohio is an example. Two brothers in the early 1900s envisioned the first garden styled suburb in Ohio...and then they made it. This really caught my eye. It's a pretty grand idea. But I'd bet my life, that in the next 10-20 years, we'll see it Thoughts?
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Also - I've asked
@TrungTPhan to create a research report on this for http://trends.co so we can deconstruct how these cities work and how they can work in the future.Show this thread
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