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Re:Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley eli... by krisoft on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:09AM (#37359758)
In practice or in fictional books? If in practice I’m sure you can share a handful of examples.
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Re:Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley eli... by pvitz on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:57AM (#37360032)
Sealand
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Re:Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley eli... by flohofwoe on Saturday September 02, 2023 @06:07AM (#37360074)
Fordlandia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia

And for a really dark example:

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

Also Disney's failed attempt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)

Finally an example that actually worked:

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

...the project reminds me much more of the Chinese 'fake European cities' though:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/duplitecture-d...

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Re:Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley eli... by forth_fool on Saturday September 02, 2023 @06:17AM (#37360121)
Some examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania (ongoing experiment, I guess), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia, Soviet Union
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Re:Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley eli... by dd36 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @06:17AM (#37360125)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_City,_Arizona
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