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A City Is Broke. Can a Billionaires' Urbanist Dream Offer It a Last Chance?

mitchbob
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urban planning

municipal finance

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Suisun City, a financially struggling city in California, is considering an offer from California Forever, a billionaire-backed urban development company, to revitalize the city; the discussion revolves around the potential implications of such a partnership.

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JohnFen
1h ago
Literally every billionaires' urbanist dream that I've heard of has been an obvious path to an unvarvished dystopian nightmare. Worse than just being broke.
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