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What Happened to the Dream of Underground Cities?
Motherboard ^ | June 9, 2016 | Ernie Smith

Posted on 06/10/2016 5:47:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The rediscovery of an ancient underground city in Turkey a few years ago was an exciting find—the very kind of exciting find that the internet eats up.

The 5,000-year-old cave villa, found in the city of Nevşehir, is fairly huge, with approximately 3.5 miles of tunnels, and dozens of rooms making up churches, tombs, and other safe spaces.

In comments to National Geographic, Nevşehir Mayor Hasan Ünver noted that there was a bit of a paper trail that went back hundreds of years, but not one that implied that there was an entire city in the area.

"We found documents stating that there were close to 30 major water tunnels in this region," Ünver said.

It's not the first ancient underground city found in Turkey's Cappadocia region—people have been finding them since the 60s—but it's the largest, by far.

These days, urban dwellers think nothing of traveling under the surface as part of their average day. We'll dive into the metro or subway system without thinking anything about it.

But would you spend your entire day there, without walking outside? That sounds like an odd argument to make, but there was a period in which underground cities were seen as a bold, exciting solution to the problems that troubled the metropolis in the 1960s.

It was the revival of a concept that goes back thousands of years. Why didn't it stick?(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at motherboard.vice.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: anatolia; cappadocia; catacomb; catacombs; derinkuyu; fairychimneys; godsgravesglyphs; kaymakli; nevsehir; turkey; undergroundcities; undergroundcity
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To: yarddog

I love Night Stalker.

Simon Oakland was great as his editor/boss, Tony Vincenzo.


21 posted on 06/10/2016 6:13:09 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Russia has many.

All of our many less are only for military and politicians.


22 posted on 06/10/2016 6:13:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MortMan

Way too cute to be moochelle. Besides, if it were her, her butt would take up the rest of the pic.


23 posted on 06/10/2016 6:14:03 PM PDT by disndat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why didn't it stick?

Oh, I don't know. How about the very real need for sunlight, fresh air, and space?!

One can exist in confinement, but usually must be driven to it.

24 posted on 06/10/2016 6:15:41 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bkmk


25 posted on 06/10/2016 6:16:16 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man.)
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To: All

Does one want to be an Eloi or a Morlock?


26 posted on 06/10/2016 6:17:56 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: Popman

“The Mole People.” Fun movie. Actually, there is a lot of old underground stuff here in Cleveland!
https://www.google.com/?client=safari#q=underground+city+in+Cleveland+Ohio


27 posted on 06/10/2016 6:22:23 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: disndat

When possible, every house should have a full basement. Preferably on a hill such as to avoid flooding during a severe rain. Good for storage and a pool table and a man cave and a music practice room.


28 posted on 06/10/2016 6:24:47 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: BipolarBob

Maybe in this case the Eloi were the Morlocks, escaping the Mohammadan Turk invaders.


29 posted on 06/10/2016 6:28:09 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

RÉSO, La Ville Souterraine. Montreal's Underground City.

30 posted on 06/10/2016 6:29:04 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SubMareener
The shadow Government already has an underground hyperloop covering the US! Break out your tinfoil, they're READING YOUR MIND!
31 posted on 06/10/2016 6:29:15 PM PDT by Shanghai Dan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Montreal has an underground city of sorts....ties in with their transit system. Pretty cool. I’ve been through it several times.


32 posted on 06/10/2016 6:29:16 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

[We are, by nature, surface dwellers who need the sun to function properly].

VITAMIN D3


33 posted on 06/10/2016 6:34:22 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Too many Mole Men


34 posted on 06/10/2016 6:35:20 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: DakotaGator

Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, 846 km (526 mi) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. According to the 2011 census, its population was 1,695 (953 males, 742 females, including 275 indigenous Australians).[1] The town is sometimes referred to as the “opal capital of the world” because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground residences, called “dugouts”, which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_Pedy

Interesting town. The underground housing is actually pretty nice. I was in a place that even had an in ground, indoor pool off the living room.


35 posted on 06/10/2016 6:35:42 PM PDT by Woodman
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To: soycd

“Gravity from below is dangerous enough without adding it from above.”

LMAO!


36 posted on 06/10/2016 6:36:14 PM PDT by apostoli ("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
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To: soycd

Crystal City is pretty much underground


37 posted on 06/10/2016 6:44:04 PM PDT by Frumious Bandersnatch
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To: Donglalinger

38 posted on 06/10/2016 6:47:51 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

39 posted on 06/10/2016 6:49:27 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Frumious Bandersnatch

>Crystal City is pretty much underground

I agree and would remain above and beyond the periphery of such an unstable situation.

It may happen on a Monday, or it may not ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbr9F_asKeQ&list=PLuWTt0HFh-SGYMPCkkFyeF6v747Hlr9KX&index=11


40 posted on 06/10/2016 6:55:30 PM PDT by soycd
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