After weeks of local speculation, the purchasers of 55,000 acres of northern California land have been revealed. The group Flannery Associates – backed by a cohort of Silicon Valley investors – has quietly purchased $800m worth of agricultural and empty land, the New York Times has reported. Their goal is to build a utopian new town that will offer its thousands of residents reliable public transportation and urban living, all of which would operate using clean energy.

  • @someguy3
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    301 year ago

    Encircles an air force base. Why would anyone want to live encircling an air force base?

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      121 year ago

      I bet they’ll act like people who move next to a farm and complain about the smell.

      “Hiiii, we’re your neighbors down the road. Do you think you could not fly your little airplanes around? They’re awfully loud. Thanks bunches!”

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        You joke, but the towns of Portola Valley and Woodside (south of SF) are so wealthy and powerful they literally rerouted some plane routes by pulling strings of the FAA because they didn’t like the noise.

    • jimmydoreisalefty
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      They will all serve and work for the military.

      Military based economy.

      More pro-war people, proxy wars for everyone.