this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

What the hell is a "private city"?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bioshock, but instead of getting problematic superpowers you just rent everything

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Or maybe those corporate boroughs in Snow Crash.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

People are quoting sci-fi examples but they have been tried (and many failed) in the past. They are cities built, owned and operated by a corporation like Ford with Fordlandia in Brazil. Rent? Shops? All company-run.

Technically Disney has their own special district in Florida and have a lot of Government-like powers over it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh so it’s a company town?

Round here we learned what do do to them. We fucking kill you if you try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Good on you guys, corpofascist bullshit shouldn't be tolerated.

As for Disney and DeSantis fighting it out over each other's bullshit and the special district, "let them fight" comes to mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do people live there on a permanent basis though or does it just run a commercial enterprise?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Fordlandia failed but that was the idea: work, live, and spend your money there.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fascinating. Sounds like a shit place to live and and an awesome place to visit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Sadly it was torn down once it's enclave status ceased, but if you want to see how it could have looked like from the inside Stray has a very similar atmosphere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think they already tore it down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Or something like Rapture XD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago