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topic posted Wed, February 15, 2006 - 2:10 PM by  Povu
This is where our specific, personal views may come out. Remembering that the G.Gov is a very basic, moderating body, this, Municipal Government, is really where the details lie.

Once we have enough people in this tribe and enough investment, we can begin.
first we need a plan.

so, were in the world do we want to live?

personal, I want to live in Kenya.

However, I believe that Kenya would be best left to nature as a wild-life reserve forever. (the current, semi-nomadic tribes are at harmony with this nature, and so there is no problem with thier continued exsistance in this beautiful land)

So, what about Zimbabwe? Magabe has nearly completely destroyed all civilization there, the exchange rate is now 175 000 dollars to one pound, as aopposed to 2 dollars to the pound 20 years ago.
This would mean a terraforming of destroyed land infested with malaria and sleeping sickness.
If we could accomplish our goal there it would prove that it is possible to do it anywhere.

how big must the city be at its initial conception? 3 000? 21 000?

next, do we build this city based on what we consider the bare nessesities, or do we create a model that is still atractive to the modern, comfort spoiled westerner?

ie: do we revert to horses, or do we build a technologicly advanced city with a PRT system set into the foundations?

IF we go with the loose outline I posted in the pictures, we have a fairly nice model to start from.

so: in the residential area, do we provide personal gardens between each house, or are there no small gardens, thus allowing more space for larger parks and wild-life?
I myself am comfortable with both, so I'm looking for the group's thoughts here.

next, do we have a water powered sewage system collecting in a treatment plant for use as tree fertalizer? or do we use composting toilets for use in personal gardens?

what of technology? do we build fibre optic cables into the foundations?

mmmm, soooo many aspects, perhaps we will have to break this post apart to seperate the focused discussions...
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    Fri, February 17, 2006 - 8:25 PM
    Anouther important aspect:

    Each city will have different resources depending on its locale, therefore, each city will have a different focus of industry.

    so, a city near iron ore deposits would focus industry on producing steel. A city with a good trade route might focus on manufactured products.

    in this way, one city would make cars for the PRT system, anouther would make the rails.
    Anouther city would build macinery to prepare foundations, and anouther with few resources but great soil might produce excess food to supply the industrial cities.

    in this way, like cells in a body, the cities specialize and are forced to co-operate to exsist.

    In a G.G. system where cost comes from effort, NOT resource 'ownership', an iron ore rich city would not be any richer than a farming community.

    So, NOW when looking at founding the first of these cities, we must look at what industry our city would focus on. There is no problem with multiple industries in a city, but once you start to see hwat is actualy nessisary to create a technological city as I have discribed... well you see the great advantage of specialization and co-operation.

    a simple model is any multi-cellular organism.

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