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Re:The Case for 'Dumb' Cities by bobthepanda on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:15PM (#20461762)
We have an attempt at a smart city already, and it hasn't gone well: https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/06/sleepy-in-songdo-koreas...
Re:The Case for 'Dumb' Cities by em-bee on Friday July 19, 2019 @02:00AM (#20476488)
it doesn't seem that the smart aspect of it is the problem there though, but rather bad planning and the expectation that smart alone would attract people to move there.

the discussion continues here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20475258

turns out there is quite some criticism about the article