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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by fossuser on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:03PM (#23108289)
There's a YC startup called Culdesac I've been following that's doing something interesting around city design.

I'm not sure 'smart city' would be the right phrase for it, but they seem pretty cool.

https://culdesac.com/

Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by servercobra on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:49PM (#23108762)
I'm confused what they're going for here. All the benefits seem to be exactly what you'd get living in many neighborhoods in many cities across the world. Most large, mixed-use apartment complexes have all these "amenities".