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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/26/09

    In reply to Dallas' Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing
    Lets hope it turns out well.

    Most of these "forward-thinking" government architectural projects wind up being objects of contempt twenty years down the road. A lot of public housing projects were built on similar ideals, for example.
    -Kle.
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    Image of thatblackgirl thatblackgirl
    11/26/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: I agree. Once it fails and the homeless and squatters take over, it'll be a nightmare. Then the city will have to waste a bunch of time in court to get permission to demolish it.
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    11/25/09

    In reply to Dallas' Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing
    It may be "architecture that's quickly realized and doesn't break the bank", but if it's in downtown Dallas, the land it's on certainly will do the bank-breaking all on its own.

    Putting a sustainable community downtown is a lot like dropping a fire extinguisher in the middle of a forest fire.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/25/09

    In reply to Dallas' Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing
    Okay, this looks, at first glance, like the remains of a once great city that is now being taken over by the surrounding vegetation. I definitely don't want to live someplace that looks like it's an abandoned factory.
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    Image of hill.rat hill.rat
    11/25/09

    @TotalFanGirl: One might say that's a feature, not a flaw: it's definitely an evocative, emotionally substantive space. Of course, this is coming from someone who lives in a (converted) abandoned factory several blocks from where this project is going in, so take with NaCl.
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/25/09

    In reply to Dallas' Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing
    Are we taking bets on when the first Dope plant will be found ?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/25/09

    @Jassen: Before it's completed? Certainly before anyone moves in.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/25/09

    In reply to Dallas' Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing
    I Like it. Please bring it to San Angeles.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    09/16/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    Mega-City One from the world of Judge Dredd.

    New York from Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within.

    New York from Soylent Green

    The City of Gold and Lead from the Tripod series.

    Rockford Falls from Population 436.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    09/16/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    Thanks for the tip on "The Forest of Hands and Feet". I'll be looking for that today.
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    Image of MrLister MrLister
    09/15/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    How about the whole 1950'3 Earth in Alastair Reynolds' "Century Rain"? Better than a little city, that.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    Does the cube in The Cube satisfy your definition of a city "that will never let you leave" ? I think so.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    Hey, I love how the village from "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" is on this list!
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    Image of AutonymousPrime AutonymousPrime
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    Also the planet encompassing city of Chung Kuo! with England as your garden, how could this NOT be a city you could never leave? ^_^
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    DARK CITY + BluRay + DIrector's Cut = Awesomeness
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    Image of jstimson jstimson
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    For the World is Hollow, and I have Touched the Sky
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    The Savage Reservation in Brave New World? Maybe World Staters can come and go, but there is no way they would let any of the "savages" out.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/14/09

    @RavenNemain: Was that a city? I recall the Reservation being more rural.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    09/14/09

    @Grey_Area: I was thinking more in the idea of "settlement;" some others on the list don't really qualify as cities, either. (ex. the Village)
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    Image of All hail the Winslow! Hi! All hail the Winslow! Hi!
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Cities You Can Never Leave
    I've posted a few times before, but finally decided to set up an account.

    Gurren Lagann has a nice sequence of spiraling cities at the end of the world, starting with the cave of Jeehta Village, where expansion is threatened by horrific beastmen and their giant robots.

    Although it isn't strictly an isolated city, FLCL's Mabase is structured to create that sense of isolationism, with some really neat monologues on the yearning to leave.

    Okay, okay, I'm a Gainax fanboy. Sue me.
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    Image of All hail the Winslow! Hi! All hail the Winslow! Hi!
    09/14/09

    @All hail the Winslow! Hi!: Aha! I found the FLCL quote I was looking for:

    When you're in a town like this all covered with smoke, you forget that there's a world outside. Nothing amazing happens here. And you get used to that, used to a world where everything is ordinary. Every day we spend here is like a whole lifetime of dying slowly. But now Haruko is here. That's how I know there really is a world outside.
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