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by ivarv 1014 days ago
I'm surprised at the investment in an area that's likely to undergo major environmental challenges but it will be fascinating to see how this turns out. Superficially it looks like an American version of Neom.

https://www.neom.com/en-us
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cjs_ac 1014 days ago
Having worked on Neom, I can tell you that Neom is fractally insane. The approval process for headline projects at Neom is: have idea; produce cyberpunk-themed renders; show to Crown Prince; receive approval. (MBS loves cyberpunk.) There was one day where the target population for the city just doubled with no real feasibility analysis.

California Forever (awful name) seems to just be fairly normal planned city so far.

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krisoft 1014 days ago
Neom is way more futuristic and pie in the sky than this project. If for no other reason the planed 170 kilometres long 200 meter wide linear city in Neom is straight up cyberpunk material while this one is… just a city? A liveable one, which makes it look special.

Superficially it looks like a California version of Lake Nona to me.

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