Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US?

Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by captain_perl on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @10:17PM (#17352038)

Irvine, California is a subdivision of The Irvine Company, owned by one man, Donald Bren.

To ensure alimony couldn't touch his $15 billion wealth, he had a family out of wedlock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine_Company

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Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by anovikov on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:14AM (#17352539)

Cool! Why didn't i hear about this before?

Why there are no other such examples? At least, this approach guarantees that there will be no slums: if slums start to form, the guy who owns the town will start losing billions, quickly, so he will do everything to evict those people.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by CloudNetworking on Thursday June 21, 2018 @11:34AM (#17366089)

That's not how you guarantee there'll be no slums though. You just guarantee you move the slums somewhere else, which is not really a solution for anyone.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's starting new towns in the US? by anovikov on Thursday July 05, 2018 @03:55AM (#17461581)

Sorry for late answer, but why not? Slums are not a problem as such. They are only a problem when they are close to normal residential areas, because they decrease property values there. If slums are somewhere where normal people won't see them, i am fine with them.

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