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Steve Richards's avatar

We so need this sort of vision and ambition. When I look around my town and compare it to how it looked 100 years ago I can hardly believe that we’ve let ourselves destroy all of its functional elegance and beauty. We are so much richer now, but our built environment is horrible. I did a little project myself on one little idea. To create new beautiful car free networks, that could become economic corridors https://open.substack.com/pub/greenwaysnetwork

Elle Griffin's avatar

There's a reason why real cities struggle to build utopia!!! I talk about this problem deeply in this series.

Wilbert Salgado's avatar

Is it Próspera, Honduras? Epstein paradise. The rich may have another one in Mexico, Peru, Argentina. Probably Guacalito in Nicaragua.

Elle Griffin's avatar

As I mentioned, I do not think Próspera is paradise. We have much better options than that!

Wilbert Salgado's avatar

I´d love to read about the utopian cities in America. I know Ciudad Juarez was close to Epstein´s ranch. Hundreds of victims. Well, Mexico has its reputation with trafficking and mass killing of young girls, regardless of Epstein. Then I think he was in Próspera city for business meetings. Then in Perú. There was a similar case in Nicaragua. A poor girl was raped and later killed (supposedly) by an american tourist. Case was dismissed after pressure from the USA government. The MO was the same in this case. Recruiting, raping and then disappearing the victim. I am curious now. Thanks.

Elle Griffin's avatar

Sheesh!!! Yes, I write about both Ciudad Jaurez and Próspera in this piece, but the first was build by developers and sold off as private property (with no security remaining in place) and the second one is essentially a corporation earning profits, not providing a good quality of life for residents/citizens. It was an interesting experiment, but I have better ideas for future ones.

Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Congratulations! What are your thoughts on the wireless digitization grid / smart cities - good or bad idea?

Elle Griffin's avatar

Thanks Roman! I definitely think cities need to be upgradable so that future innovations can easily be plugged into our cities. I have a post about that in the series!