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What the hell is a "private city"?
Bioshock, but instead of getting problematic superpowers you just rent everything
Or maybe those corporate boroughs in Snow Crash.
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.
Oh so it’s a company town?
Round here we learned what do do to them. We fucking kill you if you try.
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.
Do people live there on a permanent basis though or does it just run a commercial enterprise?
Fordlandia failed but that was the idea: work, live, and spend your money there.
Dunno, imagined something like Kowloon Walled City.
Fascinating. Sounds like a shit place to live and and an awesome place to visit.
I think they already tore it down.
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.
Or something like Rapture XD
Company Towns on a larger scale