Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.
Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
It is indeed superlative.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.