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Bulbussy :
I think you misunderstood the question a little bit. I think the question is not just building new cities generally, but more like building new metro areas. Like not more Torrance or Ontario but more NYCs
2026-07-06 00:39:42
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bendybooper :
My dad was a freeway flyer from Lancaster to Downtown LA/Long Beach in the late 90s through the 2010s. He left at 4am to beat morning traffic, napped in the parking lot before work and didn’t get home till almost 8pm at night. We pretty much only saw him on weekends. That’s no kind of life. There’s over a quarter million people living in the Antelope Valley and some 65% of them commute to LA for work. It’s not sustainable.
2026-07-05 18:25:19
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Nick :
Thanks for the video, I guess that model feels more reactionary than proactive. I was more asking about the idea of building complete large cities from scratch with the idea being that it’s easier to build a big city from scratch than to slowly upgrade a sprawl or a town into one
2026-07-05 21:15:00
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Luca_Thrasher :
It would be much better if we were able to build regional rail along with suburban development. I assume the cost to add rail will only go up as the suburbs grow compared to when they are newer. Suburbs have other development/design issues that aren't great (but could be addressed), so I think that, theoretically, suburbs could be sustainably developed kind of similar to the general hub-spoke/garden city urban planning idea.
2026-07-05 17:17:58
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letsplaymeta :
IE REPRESENT
2026-07-05 19:10:12
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ZINCO :
One of the cities that are near me got incorporated in 1980.
2026-07-05 20:01:37
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BPat0 :
Video’s stuttering and unplayable. Maybe cause it’s new but I posted a comment on it saying that the approvals and incentive processes are significantly different because of government structure. Like all land being government owned and lack of democracy making people less accountable for unpopular decisions.
2026-07-05 15:58:34
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Thrapston Cheesely III :
exactly what you said. building a brand new city in the middle of nowhere ends up like California city, CA. an abandoned tract of land from the 1960s. sprawl works faster when density isn't the priority
2026-07-05 17:04:46
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ChuckB1969 :
and the reason we don't build new, separate cities in the way that China does is because we are post-industrial. They have an industrializing economy. 120 years ago we *were* building that sort of city around a manufacturing enterprise, like Gary, IN around steel mills. The biggest determinant of where people want to live is proximity to suitable employment. Everything else is, to varying degrees, extra
2026-07-06 21:25:16
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Idiotsandwich :
US has a mature economy and it can’t just create a $500 billion gdp mega city like Shenzhen anymore.
2026-07-05 22:33:06
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P Giaco :
I’m studying abroad in Tokyo right now and I was initially shocked at how far my dorm was from campus. If this were an American city with American traffic, the drive would be well over an hour. Despite this, public transportation is so established here that I can go where I need to go in a reasonable time. If only American cities could build competent transportation as far outward as cities in other countries
2026-07-05 22:47:15
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DilettanteUK :
No, suburbanisation isn’t city building. And if you left the constraints of the USA behind and went and learned something, this would be obvious.
2026-07-05 20:50:19
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LunarNoodles :
China builds empty cities that are literally falling apart lol. Is this a standard now?
2026-07-05 19:46:14
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