Frustrated urbanists want to build cities from scratch, claiming they could cure loneliness and climate change with good design.
This story is and excerpt from The Salt Lake Tribune Inno Lab Notes newsletter where we explore housing, transportation and energy solutions.stories lately because a group of billionaires secretly bought up agricultural land and want to build a city “from the ground up.” The New York Times reported that the project “was billed as a salve for San Francisco’s urban housing problems.”
Or, in Utah’s case, to former mining and prison sites. While planned communities get a bad rap for having “Stepford Wives” vibes, some feel they provide an easier path to building the walkable, mixed-use communities that advocates say are the key to tackling many of our woes from). There’s the TRAX red line running straight from downtown Salt Lake City to the outer edges of Daybreak, but residents say they still often have to get in the car to get to work.