Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready for a linear metropolis?

Re:Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready fo... by sybercecurity on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:29AM (#32764535)

I think the assumption would be you could walk around your neighborhood portion, then take the train/mass transit to further away. Basically a city built along a train line.

Also seems like a good way to control a large population. Can't have that large of a group gather and a small force can effectively cut the city in two (or more) segments. If you shut down the train system people can't go too far to other parts of the city. I imagine this was also a consideration.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready fo... by Izkata on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:44AM (#32764682)

> I think the assumption would be you could walk around your neighborhood portion, then take the train/mass transit to further away. Basically a city built along a train line.

They state this explicitly in the 2-minute intro video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0kz5vEqdaSc

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready fo... by wsc981 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:24AM (#32765152)

Regarding controlling the population: to me it seems like one large prison. I wouldn’t want to live in such a place.

[ Parent | on HN ]