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 thriftwy on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:38AM (#32764622)

After the war, Volgograd[1] was rebuilt as a linear metropolis.

Right now it's 50 km long. The urban part is served by light rail and the whole length by suburban train. But overall that design failed to provide any noticeable benefits.

1. https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.71167&mlon=44.51389&z...

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Re:Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready fo... by daniel-cussen on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:27AM (#32765188)

Hey as a social experiment at least it wasn't brutal. Experiment means it doesn't have to work perfectly right away. That would be a leap.

Chile is a linear country. The most linear country on earth, in fact. In fact there was a map on reddit, (from memory) where each country was replaced in its geographic boundary by its name. It worked great for every country except Chile, where they succumbed to writing vertically "CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE" totally exceptional killed the game.

I bet I would love Volgograd. More than the locals.

The other place that is like that is SF, the Peninsula, and South Bay. They always talk about going North or South, like in Chile, never East and West.

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Re:Nine million people in city 170km long; is world ready fo... by thriftwy on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:55AM (#32765536)

Like in Volgograd, most of action in Chile happens in almost round area of Valparaiso - Santiago - San Antonio. So it's not that linear after all.

Volgograd is quite nice but it loses locals due to its 'rust belt' legacy.

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