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.

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    Not enough bus stations in every city. I’m like 5 miles in Florida heat away from the nearest bus station. I am only 2 miles from the nearest grocery store, so I’m not exactly rural. Public transit here is a joke.

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      Florida is one of those places hostile to anything that helps citizens using tax money.

      After all, that’s socialism, which is evil. /s

      It also has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country.

      Philadelphia has an okay transit system, though it is neglected, as does NYC.

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      That was the gist yes, only americans think this is an acceptable situation.