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by keganunderwood 3128 days ago
If one person owns all the land, they (or someone they authorize) can boot anyone unwelcome. This makes life much simpler because you can sidestep a lot of issues and focus on what this really is: a pilot project.
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Such place exists, and it's called Irvine, California.

Irvine company owns all of the land of city of Irvine. Or something like it.

The utopian dream of a benevolent dictator
Didn’t Disney build such a city in Florida?
The full EPCOT plans are interesting. A circular city layout, with layers. Density in the center. People taking monorails to work, and WEDway people movers locally. Designed for biking and walking. Cars only used on weekends.

Details about 10 min into this video: https://youtu.be/sLCHg9mUBag

Celebration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida

A bit like Seahaven Island from the Truman show.

Which is another planned town in Florida, Seaside: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside,_Florida