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Tech workers in San Francisco plan to create a square-mile downtown 'commune' that allows people to 'live, eat and work' all within a 15-minute walk
Daily Mail ^ | 4/30/24 | Emma Richter

Posted on 05/01/2024 3:16:39 AM PDT by CFW

Tech workers in San Francisco plan to create a square-mile downtown 'commune' that allows people to 'live, eat and work' all within a 15-minute walk A utopia-like space is set to be launched on March 11 in downtown San Francisco City Campus was created by four community builders' It is supposed to have everything that people need within a 15-minute walk

Tech workers in San Francisco have planned to create a downtown 'commune' that will allow people to 'live, eat and work' all within a 15-minute walk.

Set to be launched on May 11, City Campus, a nonprofit, plans to create a one-square-mile 'campus' in the Hayes, Alamo and Duboce neighborhoods. The exact location of City Campus has not yet been established.

According to the nonprofit's website, the goals of the new urban space is for people to 'find and pursue you life's work, meet inspiring collaborators, live near friends, raise kids in community, do focused work and engage in civic and social life.'

The plan was created by four 'community builders', Patricia Mou, Thomas Schulz, Jason Benn and Adi Melamed.

'The synergy of bumping into people that are working on or doing the same stuff creates this very positive cycle,' Schulz told the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Some of the places expected to make up the utopia-like community are communal cafeterias, late-night cafes, civic spaces, debate halls, community experiences, 'pluralistic and secular spiritual spaces,' 'multi-purpose co-working spaces,' and 'mixed-use daycares,'

'It’s finding everything you need and everyone you love within a 15 minute walk.' Benn said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: 15mincity; adimelamed; alamo; ca; california; centralplanning; citycampus; duboce; hayes; jasonbenn; patriciamou; sanfrancisco; thomasschulz
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....the new urban space is for people to 'find and pursue you life's work, meet inspiring collaborators, live near friends, raise kids in community, do focused work and engage in civic and social life.'

A place where you can get all your robbing, beating and mugging done AND step in human excrement and urine - all within 15 minutes of where you live, eat, work and play. Wonderful. They might as well set aside room for the bum hovels because they'll end up there anyway where they don't want them.

61 posted on 05/01/2024 6:26:29 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: 9YearLurker

A lot of NYers have already left, especially some of the affluent NYers.

Some came to Texas, I know others that moved to NM.

Most probably moved to Florida, many already had homes there.


62 posted on 05/01/2024 6:28:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Still 8 million there.


63 posted on 05/01/2024 6:29:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

SERIOUSLY??!!!

“That” is your response? To critique my comment? Such a narrow view is exactly what the powers that be seek to project in defense of their failed policies, thereby defending said policies.

Congrats. /s

smh


64 posted on 05/01/2024 6:29:09 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: CFW

65 posted on 05/01/2024 6:30:57 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: 9YearLurker

https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/cities/new-york


66 posted on 05/01/2024 6:35:25 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: logi_cal869

Wow—touchy this morning! Go have some more coffee—or try having less coffee tomorrow.

My comment was intended to reinforce your comment. Jeesh!


67 posted on 05/01/2024 6:38:13 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Texas Fossil

As I said, there are still 8 million people there.

You Texans and New Yorkers are bookends in simultaneous similarity and contempt. Somehow ever so cocksure because of the scale of your home base, but one side feels superior for its yahoo roots—and the other for its anti-yahoo roots.


68 posted on 05/01/2024 6:40:58 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: CFW

I’m sure all the elites in the US will be anxious to move into one of those 15 minute villages.


69 posted on 05/01/2024 6:49:15 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes: Yes I am.

Maybe you ought use that sarc tag.

(I’m just as guilty)


70 posted on 05/01/2024 6:50:25 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

I wasn’t actually being sarcastic: Just trying to reinforce and further your point.

FReegards.


71 posted on 05/01/2024 6:56:33 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I don’t throw rocks at NY, except for the NYT.

Have a number of old friend that were transplanted from NY.

Have a few old friends on the web from NY.

I’ve never been to NY, and don’t expect to be.

My mother was a Swede from MN, I’m a mutt. Scot Irish, English, Swede, German.

Note my tagline>


72 posted on 05/01/2024 7:05:33 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: chief lee runamok

That looks like a horrible place to live.


73 posted on 05/01/2024 7:18:15 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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“Financially, the group has asked people to donate $750,000 to help create City Campus. The funds will cover investments every six months for two years, plus a 20 percent overhead fee. A GoFundMe page called ‘Help us Launch the City Campus Fund’ was created to accept donations. As of Tuesday evening, $380 has been raised.”

seriously?

$750,000 minus 20% “overhead” is enough to buy one dilapidated garage behind one of the houses in the outlined one square mile area of existing private buildings ...

“City Campus” should really be named “Scam City”


74 posted on 05/01/2024 7:54:40 AM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: CFW

PRISONS already have this structure.


75 posted on 05/01/2024 8:03:58 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: CFW

THE RULES WILL MAKE MOST HOA’S look like a cake walk.

NO PETS -—NO LOUD MUSIC after 7 PM.

LIKE I Said-—A PRISON.


76 posted on 05/01/2024 8:06:01 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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The original concept of Shopping Malls was live, eat, walk within a mile. That sounded Great.....in the early seventies.

My Mall, which I owned and operated two stores in for 10 years was just fine until the City established a bus stop at the mall. All the liberals thought Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!! .....isn’t that nice.

Then, young black males by the dozens thought it would be fun to ride out to the Mall and hang out. Then, the fights and sexual assaults and shoplifting started. Next all the white folks quit going to the mall. The 100 store Mall closed completely within 5 years after I left. Then, the City bought it for pennies on the dollar. Get it???

The government, any government, will destroy anything it touches. This SFO live, eat, work, walk utopia will suffer the same fate.


77 posted on 05/01/2024 10:03:59 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: 9YearLurker

Apologies. It’s one of those weeks.


78 posted on 05/01/2024 11:34:53 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: chief lee runamok

these four morons want this so badly they need to throw in their own money into this project.


79 posted on 05/01/2024 1:01:02 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: CFW

What if some resident can’t walk?


80 posted on 05/01/2024 4:53:04 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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