U.S. farmers, tech tycoons square off over plans for utopian city

The project first surfaced when a mysterious buyer started snapping up parcels of land in this rural outback between San Francisco and Sacramento.

Aided by over-financialization of the housing market tech is on a real estate buying spree.

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/11/07/big-techs-appetite-for-real-estate-continues-to-grow/

It is neo-feudal and a way of securing a legacy and driving the 99% out of the housing market.

WeWork was not a tech company, it was a real estate scam.

This is why California does not have a Shinkansen or high speed railway connecting SF and LA at 300 mph. Too many people holding up progress for the good of the whole.

USA still looking like the Stone Age land of nothingness and city infrastructure looks nothing like japan. It still looks like 1975 in the us

nosukeToday 02:30 pm JST

USA still looking like the Stone Age land of nothingness and city infrastructure looks nothing like japan. It still looks like 1975 in the us

From an economic standpoint you don't want any more infrastructure than keeps the economy moving. How is Japan doing with all of its trains?

Just be transparent and open as this should be a democracy. They are already on the back foot after lying about intentions and trying to get land cheap.

Now you know why US trains carrying chemicals seem to mysteriously crash near rural farmland and main water supplies to farms.

When you make the land worthless, you get to buy it cheap.

Bill Gate & Mark Sucksburgers quietly keep buying up farmland and land that controls water to farmland.

USA still looking like the Stone Age land of nothingness and city infrastructure looks nothing like japan. It still looks like 1975 in the us

Most Americans want no part of the kinds of crowded vertical cities typical of Asia or Europe. For me someplace like big spread out Los Angeles is too crowded. Americans want a single family home on a little plot of land they can call their own. I have spent vacations in the flats of relatives in big Asian cities, tried to get around shop using public transportation. If you think that is living civilized you can have it. I want no part of it and deeply resent attempts by certain legislators to force density on us. If you don't like the high land value go somewhere else. You won't be missed.

This is why California does not have a Shinkansen or high speed railway connecting SF and LA at 300 mph. Too many people holding up progress for the good of the whole.

I use trains with some frequency but honestly I much prefer to have my own private personal vehicle and drive myself where I wish to go. Public transportation of any kind is generally more trouble that it is worth. It never saves time either unless it is a cross country or intercontinental flight. TSA isn't checking my car. I don't have to lug a carry on bag around and watch my stuff like a hawk lest another passenger thief steal it while I was looking somewhere else or had to take a run to the loo. If I have to take a bio break on the road I can lock the car of van and my stuff is safe while I take care of business. If I need to make Costco run I can load up for a month in the van. Can't do a decent Costco run using buses or subways. Even in Shanghai when we needed to make a run to Metro Cash and Carry (German retail outlet along the lines of Costco or Sams Club) we had to hire a car at considerable expense.

There’s enough concrete on this earth already.

No need for more