6:45 They weren't temporary, they just tried to claim they were temporary because they didn't have the proper building permits for a permanent structure. The concrete foundations clearly indicated they were intended to be permanent, which is what the article was suggesting.
Elon's town is almost exactly the same as what mining companies did in the early 1900s. They would build towns with houses, supermarkets etc. for their employees to live in. These mining companies would then pay their employees with fake currency that could ONLY be used in that town and couldn't be converted to any other currency, so employees couldn't quit or leave the town.
Well, as long as he doesn't do the "you can only use my currency in my stores" thing, just living in a little town your employers created isn't a terrible idea, especially if it's that close and significantly cheaper than surrounding areas. 🤷🏻♀
@@LadyBeyondTheWall No, it's still a terrible idea, because now your housing is entirely dependent on your employer and if your employer threatens to fire you they are also threatening to render your homeless and force you to leave the town you live in. Not to mention the fact that "significantly cheaper than surrounding areas" is entirely up to the whims of your employer who can raise the prices of both rent and products in the town (either directly if they run the shops or indirectly if they rent the land to shop owners). The company will also be able to easily monitor your every move. Imagine your boss asks if you can come into work for an extra shift. You say no. He says "Why not? I can see you haven't left town. It won't take more than 5 minutes to drive on down." That's dystopian nightmare fuel.
9:00 fun fact I learned when I wanted to be an architect: there is a good reason most buildings are all square, it’s because when you have all those weird rounded corners it makes designing rooms REALLY hard, because they end up with all these wonky curved areas which don’t accommodate pretty much any pre existing furniture
as an architecture student, theres probably a couple other reasons as well. 1. while not impossible, making the building structurally sound is much more difficult when the shape is not consistent 2. it would be extremely expensive to fabricate the shape for each individual piece of the building. for example, concrete buildings tend to be the same shape throughout, as the form work is cheaper if you can reuse it 3. in the way shown in this video, the facade being that seamless would be... near impossible. it's obviously been done before, but having a building shaped like that would be a major wind/water issue, and a facade that smooth would lead to damages (both visually from water stain, and physically from wind loads). 4. as @bonnie1303 said, you would have to custom build EVERYTHING. and if the walls curve as shown, there would be no 90 degree wall to floor juncture, meaning that much of the floor plan space would be completely unusable anyways sorry for the rant :P but yeah most of the buildings shown in that city would be... completely unfeasible for an entire city to look like LOL
Danny, you have to build Greg Town as a competitor to Kurtis Town. I’ve heard they’re growing quicker by the day, we don’t want them becoming the fastest growing army on the internet.
For the city planning aspect mentioned at 10:15, yes builders plan all of that out ahead of time, where the residential area is, commercial, industrial etc. They didn't do that when we were first settling/stealing the land, but any new development has a shitload of planning before it's built,
corporations trying to build their own cities for their employees shows a distinct lack of knowledge of their own country's history. people tried that already. it didnt work out. there were deaths.
FUN FACT: Disney's EPCOT center was originally gonna be one of these cities! They were common during the 19th-20th century, and walt Disney had planned on a city of the future. He of course died before he could begin actually making the city, and his execs and brother thought the city was a bad idea so just built a park instead. If you wanna know more than Defunctland has a great video about the topic!
@@z.m.stewart1996They already have people living in the parks with those tacky housing community they built a few years back (watching a few of the house tours made me depressed on how awful it was designed)
Hi, someone who grew up in Menlo Park, California before it became what is now known as 'Zucktown' here. We lived in the low-income apartments next to Facebook HQ. Can confirm that the entire area is becoming a gentrified mess. They started with building more office spaces and parking lots. Next came brand new apartments for what I can assume is the employees. And next, came us. They gave us a notice that they were tearing down our apartments to build brand new ones with more commodities. Sounds great, except they didn't let many of us go back when they finished. So here all of us are, scrambling to find a new place to rent. Except, rents in Menlo Park are $4000. We were one of the lucky ones who barely qualified for a mortgage for a new house. The same cannot be said for many other low-income families. I don't know what they plan to do with the rest of the area, and I am actually a little saddened. I lived there almost my entire life and seeing it change so much bothers me. I can only hope the changes don't negatively affect the remaining residents as much as it affected the rest of us. And actually, I didn't know about Zucktown despite having lived there until watching this video. Thanks for the great video, Danny. :)
Gentrification is disgusting. You always need low income housing. You never need high priced flats. Or any fancy housing really. No one needs overly fancy flats. There is no need for that at all. I'm sorry you guys got forced out of your homes.
Hey Danny! I usually don't comment but thought it was important to mention to you and others: just letting you know that foods like Sunday's dog food put dogs at risk for things like nutritional DCM (a heart disease that is preventable in breeds that aren't likely to get it) and pancreatic due to the fat levels. A lot of these dog foods don't even do the bare minimum of feeding trials. These companies can afford to hire nutritionists, do studies, feeding trials, and remain on the side of wsava complacent guidelines and they refuse to. We all want more options on what to feed our dogs, but grain-free foods or foods with a lot of legumes can cause as much of an issue if they're not formulated correctly. Grains and the like are good for dogs that aren't allergic to it, and these foods abuse the fact that we associate human grade with good. If you want to feed your dogs fresh food, consult a nutritional vet. Not a regular vet, as most vets aren't super knowledgeable in proper nutrition to guide you on that. Sorry for the long message, I just want to avoid people losing their dogs to foods made by people who don't care
Hi! Do you know anything about The Honest Kitchen brand? I feed my dog a food from their brand that says it’s human grade-but I checked and it has no legumes in the ingredients, and it does include grains. The specific food is “Whole Food Clusters, Whole Grain, Chicken & Oat Recipe, Small Breed.”
So glad to have read this. Your message felt overly fear monger-y so I did my own research on all your claims and it seems like you’re completely correct. My dog has pretty severe allergies and intolerances so we’re always on the lookout for a better option. I’m not sure I would’ve ever known about all that had I not read your comment and looked it up for myself. Definitely the knowledge that DCM may be dietary, and now knowing what else to look for when researching these food brands is going to be so incredibly helpful
I shadowed a vet when someone asked about dog food, they basically said grain-free is bad (and listed a couple other things to avoid) but there are so many types of dog food that they can’t tell them what to get
Man, if I was a TH-camr I would be terrified to accept any sponsor. I can't think of a single one that doesn't have tons of problems. Thank you for this!
My great grandparents fought in the street to defeat oil barons running feudal style cities with their own bespoke currency and we are just like "okay Facebook, why not!?"
That's why it's important for the media companies to talk to us about what the Kardashians are doing, or suggest the pyramids were built by aliens. If people knew the history of the past century, they'd be a fighting a hell of a lot harder. But most people don't know any of that, so they're easy to scam. That is absolutely by design. Curate your media, kids. It's easier than ever.
I love that Kanye see's Tatooine in Star Wars, a lawless wasteland. See's Obi-Wan call it "The most retched hive of scum and villainy" and Kanye is just like "Damn, that's the kind of city I want to live in."
funny thing is that those reflective curve buildings will cause extremely concentrated areas of heat/radiation to the point that it’ll be a health hazard. it happened before with a building like this and they had to cover it bc it was melting cars and shit
That's true! I believe this is London's "The Shard." Supposedly, a reporter was on location discussing it's car-melting capability when he had to cut things short because his hair caught on fire.
Well now I'm wondering if somebody made a town full of buildings that curve in a way that reflects the heat away from the streets and like back upwards instead, would that make the town colder?
@@shadowshade904 yes actually. So there have actually been projects trying to increase roof and road reflectivity. However the mirror/reflective metal structure in not really one that’s been explored much, probably because it isn’t very economical. But yes convex structures would spread out rather than concentrate solar rays.
@@benjaminrobinson3842 I had to look it up but it’s actually the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building in London. From the looks of it the shards sides aren’t curved. it’s concave curved reflective surfaces that would cause this issue. I didn’t know that about the reporter, that’s quite funny.
The Facebook city said it would be 59 acres. For context, Baltimore is 59 THOUSAND acres. My suburban town is about 9,500 acres. The University of Maryland College Park campus is 1,340 acres. But 59 acres is supposed to be a city?
Maybe they think they're going to just build mega skyscrapers without any issue. So many of these stupid city plans from the rich I've followed are just doing something like that and slapping on it will be "self sustaining" somehow
I like to think all these headlines are fully literal and all these rich people are building these cities by hand "Kanye West tried to build a city in Wyoming" really hits different when you picture him laying every brick by hand
11:05 if you’re wondering, it’s a joke about how architects will come up with ridiculous designs and make the engineers deal with actually making it possible
@@manboy4720I originally replied “wyeezyoming” to this comment but I realize now that that was your joke and I was just doing a worse version of it. I apologize and I appreciate your joke. I love you
The hard, crunchy texture of most kibbles is actually very good for dog's teeth. Especially if they don't let you brush them or anything, kibble can help scrape away the tartar on their teeth. Also, I didn't hear any grains in the ingredient list, and can't find any listed on their website. Make sure your dogs have grain in their diet! Grain free foods have been linked to dilated cardiomyopathy, which is basically when the heart gets so big that it has trouble contracting, and it eventually leads to heart failure/death. I hope this helps!
@@MedicFromTF2_REALDogs are omnivores, not carnivores, and grains have fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and antioxidants, as well as the hard texture when used in dog food, while dogs don’t go and eat grains in nature, they would often eat it in the animals they would catch.
@@jadebeason7552 I'm pretty sure most of the animals they would have caught weren't eating that much grain anyway, more like grass and leaves. And I also saw that grains can cause allergies in dogs. Yes they are omnivores but they mostly eat meat and sometimes grass to aid in digestion, not grains. And definitely not in the quantity they have in some dog food
@@MedicFromTF2_REAL dogs are not obligate carnivores. Also 'grains' isn't a biological thing. it's a term we made up to describe a bunch of unrelated plants. your entire argument is basically 'yeah but i feel like grains are bad for dogs'
@@elfappo9330 All I was saying is that from what I could find, grains can be beneficial for some things but also could have downsides such as the allergy thing. And I didn't see anything saying they need grains. And dogs may not be obligate carnivores, but their teeth and digestive system is definitely more intended for digesting meat
Ironic you mention how cruise ship workers have to live where they work, because cruises are notorious for taking advantage of their employees. They hire international workers and overwork them because they know those employees can't just leave. It's a textbook abusive work environment that perfectly demonstrates the risks of having your living situation controlled/dependent upon your employer. It was the same problem with mining towns back in the day as well. Miners were completely dependent upon and taken advantage by the coal companies they worked for whose towns they lived in. To anyone contemplating living in a place owned or controlled by your employer in the future - don't do it! There's a reason we need to keep those things separate.
ngl i cant imagine a worse real life hell to live in than somewhere controlled by an employer....... i cant fathom why anyone would want to ngl, it sounds like an actual prison disguised as a Normal Town
Urban planner here! You do in fact plan exactly what goes where before building a brand new city to ensure all the necessary infrastructure is in place, not a bunch of film studios though. Which is why it's wild to me that Kanye was supposedly hiring everybody but urban planners...probably the reason why he's failing 💀
I was thinking about the fact that there is a parklot, but no water treatment plants, no trash collection and disposal plans, no hospital or healthcare facilities, and no firefighting facilities. Like, I'm glad the cars are safe in a city that totally could have been walkable with public transportation.
@@AdaireKrickets When you start to play city sims and stuff you really appreciate how much planning goes into it, it's so easy to fuck up it's a miracle some of them run as smoothly as they do Of course an out of touch billonare wouldn't know that...
i mean in the us they certainly influence it but there's a reason a bunch of them are leaving washington and other states because they are against the high taxes in the area.
These sort of places are pretty common around the world, especially in areas where there isn’t a lot of alternative housing. I remember watching a video about a town in Japan owned by Toyota for its employees that has like a whole underground network for robots. I think the weird thing about the ones in the videos is that the actual owner of the company is so involved and that’s usually why it fails. They’re not trying to make actual good housing for their employees, they’re wanting to become the ruler of a town completely designed by them.
As someone currently living and raising a family on a military base, it can be really bizarre and isolating when I dont leave base for a few days. It is definitely not always enjoyable to live and work in a fenced in area.
Quick note as a veterinarian- if you do choose to move your dog onto fresh food, even if if it's dried, you HAVE to be feeding them normal dog food along side it. I beg you to remember an animal is not a human and they can't get everything they need to live healthily from a "fresh food" diet. Dog and cat food is manufactured specifically to tick the boxes of health in your pet. Those "synthetic nutrients" ARE nutarians made to help you pet stay healthy. Fresh food, even dried, is great! It is NOT a replacement.
Not to be rude at all but like, they would be eating only fresh food in the wild, right?? Again, not being sarcastic, genuinely asking: what would they be getting from kibble that they can't get from a well balanced fresh food diet and supplements?
@@Crabby-Abbythey wouldn’t be getting anything “in the wild” because dogs are domesticated animals. they couldn’t live without humans, any dogs that live “in the wild” likely have contact with humans and eat food scraps from them. not to mention a wild dog would be incredibly unhealthy.
@@graces1stpsata I mean, there are literally wild dogs though? Obviously not like a Chihuahua lol but there are plenty of relatives to the dog that live in the wild just fine. And they aren't unhealthy when their ecosystem isn't destroyed by humans. And PLENTY of cats live in the wild.
@@Crabby-Abbyjust adding to the convo. Dogs and Wolves have common ancestors, but are different animals. You may be under the impression that a “natural diet” for dogs is what wolves would eat. Which is not really the case. Dogs are canines that evolved alongside humans to adapt to how humans live with them. They are not living in the forest hunting and such. They live inside and on the outskirts of human settlements. Chihuahuas are a good example of this because they have been kept along humans since the 9th century, according to light googling. If you are interested in the topic “What happened to pre-contact dogs” by Trey the explainer is a great paleontology and archeology video explaining stuff like this but specifically about pre-European contact American dogs.
Cities where people work for the company that own the town means the money they spend pretty much goes back to the company that gives them a salary, an absolute ethical nightmare
no sir, they would cut you from the next salary for what you have spent/consumed...so that you and the Company can make savings on tax paid to the government
Company towns of the Industrial Age took full advantage of this. They marked up prices of goods and rent enough that all the money they paid workers went back to them. Some took it even a step further and paid workers with fake currency that could only be spent within the company. God forbid you get fired or quit due to the abhorrent working conditions, or couldn’t afford the rent because of them bleeding you dry, as you then end up on the streets with nothing but the clothes on your back.
haha I went to that sponsor's site. The biggest red flag: they do not have prices everywhere. They want you really emotionally invested before you see any costs!
@@daniellet4218just checked, you’re right! People claiming its a scam, high prices and terrible customer services as well as it apparently causing stomach problems. ALL of the recent reviews are 1 star, literally all of them
Hey! I just wanted to point out the thing Danny said about the “planning out” cities before building them. It’s actually called urbanism. It was pretty popular in Ancient Rome and Greece, where they would plan out exactly where each buildings are going to be, instead of building houses one by one. Thank you for allowing me to yap about stuff from my freshman art history class. Hope it made sense.
Ah, was looking for this answer. i thought they meant envisioned but apparently they do mean slightly different things: "The words envisage and envision share the same Latin root meaning to see. Both words are very similar in meaning but do have slight shades of difference. If you envision something happening, you can see it happening in your mind. I'm sure you can envision yourself graduating from high school! If you envisage something, you can imagine it, but not necessarily see it. You can envisage world peace, but it may be harder to envision it."
Fun fact, in some small countries in west Africa, rich architects actually are planning and building really big complexes. Especially in Gambia and Senegal. I think it’s more of an apartment/housing complex with stores and stuff rather than an autonomous city but still. It’s a thing!
The fact that Kanye West tried to make a 200 person mass-grave called the ‘Yecosystem’ is incredible. (I say mass-grave because a 200 person mass-grave-esque hole isn’t a city, it’s something out of the bubonic plague, or if you want to call it that: an ultra-utilitarian underground zone.)
10:14 im an urban planning student and planned cities are definitely a thing! A lot of cities started out as planned cities, especially capitals. The capital of Brazil is a good example.
same with Australia! The capital was built after the government hosted a city design competition where a bunch of planners submitted their ideas for the chance to win
Seems like people who want to build towns might have too much money. Maybe they should have higher taxes, actually put money into existing towns. Just a thought.
Maybe we can gamify it to get it trending among billionaires - the person who paid the most taxes gets a park they can name, then a library, then a community centre, then a school, then a hospital, then a shopping centre and then a sport stadium - any billionnaire who paid the most taxes after 7 years can be declared the "winner" of that town ^_^
Surprisingly, dome shaped houses are not only not new, they're super environmentally friendly and safe when constructed correctly. Check out the super adobe eco domes from the CalEarth institute in Hesperia, CA, one of them apparently survived a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, which is kinda legit tbh.
Geodesic domes are also supposed to be really good in tornado-prone areas because the way they divert the high winds actually produces more of a downward pressure on the building than anything else. Or at least, that’s what I think I remember from learning about them like 15 years ago.
IDK some architecture people in the comments are saying they're incredibly impractical and expensive to make. No pre-existing doors, windows, furniture etc fit them and everything has to be custom made...don't really see how that's environmentally friendly. The dome also traps heat inside to the point of a health hazard someone said?
Oh man, I bet all those miners at the Boring Company are going to love the idea of living in a company-controlled town. Absolutely no historical precedent to draw upon to evaluate that decision.
Planning out all the building is actually pretty common for new towns and cities nowadays. There are a lot of planned cities where they already have everything planned and then just build it in stages. An advantage of planning everything from the start is that the urban planning can be really efficient which makes it a lot nicer for the people living there. You can make sure everything is in walking distance and that all the roads will be able to handle the necessary traffic.
This became a more popular idea after the second World War, when the population boom created a demand for more housing stock. Unfortunately for planning enthusiasts, it was impossible to control *everything* so the result would be a tidy central planned area surrounded by the typical ad hoc development of a conventionally-built city.
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
10:10 while I can't say towns have never been planned out, what I can say is now towns are more planned out. That's why you have urban planners and others who help determine where things are, the cost, soil and water quality to build and get resources from, and potential for future growth of the city.
As some have already commented, the "live where you work" cities were popular during the period of the gold and silver mining boom. It did not go well. It was a giant scam. Which were built by the companies that owned the gold and silver mines, of course. That's what a couple of these remind me of. They had their own currency and everything.
Tech billionaires re-inventing the company town. The last time we had these, there was literal warfare, but it's probably fine this time. It'll work great, no machine guns required. See also Sorry To Bother You.
Probably mostly that and some human trafficking thrown in to build that workforce. And probably some drug trafficking just because where you find one you often find the other. That 200person hole skeeved me the hell out.
Some of these sounded an awful lot like the good old company towns of the 1800-1900s. And by good old I mean they literally turned out horribly and we shouldn't repeat history like that :/
For most cities in the world, yes. They were little groups of houses around a stream that continued on growing. A lot of American cities were fully planned out from the get go. Uninhabited land (for whatever reason) is used to blueprint a city atop
I mean, Walt Disney wanted to make Epcot a little civilization where he was basically a dictator, and then he died so they turned it into a tourist attraction
10:00 well when you are developing a large property that has to be subdivided usually you have to get approval for density (amount of units), transit studies, climate studies, etc etc etc but usually you aren’t like “the plebs will live here and this block will be 4 recording studios” but things are usually zoned according to residential, commercial, mixed… hope this helps
It sounds like a cartoonishly dull and depressing town, where everything is grey, and everyone is sluggish and lethargic. Like the kind of place the energetic character used to live in their backstory.
"Envisage" seems to be a more concrete, practical version of "envision" which is more metaphorical and abstract in nature - in case anyone was wondering.
That’s not a word that exists. Visage literally means face in french, so when someone uses it in english it is used to refer to the face of an object, or someone’s image ie the visage of a building or wall. Envisage literally means ‘in face’ in french and is also not a word that exists in the english language. Or will. Envision means to picture something in your head. So… no
On a serious note, corporations already do this with migrant workers. It's a very big problem in Canada, you have no idea just how unethical it is for your employer to also be your landlord. Trust me, corporations housing their workers should be illegal. It puts workers in positions where they can easily be, at the very least taken advantage of, and at the very worst, horribly abused.
regarding preplanned cities: Brasilia, Canberra, Salt Lake City. all of these had pre-planned city centers. of course, outside of the city centers, they developed similar to how you described (build things when needed). SLC was outlined exactly as the LA comment described. The pre-planning of SLC is why the mormon temple is in the "center" of town (the center of the N, E, W, S-labeled streets) and why the streets are so dang wide. these cities tend not to be super dynamic or sustainable unless there's some power that maintains a presence there (hence country and state capitols). also the first building in the AKONCITY propaganda looks like a Rabbit vibrator almost exactly hilarious as always! EDIT: also theres NEOM, but thats laughable for so many reasons
10:10 If you are building a entire community from scratch yes, you usually do master plan quite a bit of it in advance to ensure the town runs smoothly from the moment people turn up. They're called Planned Communities for a reason.
To celebrate the year 2000 the UK government spent around £1billion on the Millenium Dome - a building full of experiences to celebrate the year 2000! The slight issue is they had no plans for what would be in the building and unsurprisingly it ended up being terrible. It was scheduled to be open for 1 year and then be used for something else, again no plan were in place for what is would be used for. It took 7 years for it to get turned into The O2 Arena which has ended up being a (I think) successful music venue.
16:21 in a city close by I know a company that has their atelier and bought almost all the homes on the block to rent out cheaply to their employees. Difference is they are already in a real functional city with all needed facilities so it’s kinda neat.
I went to university in a town like this. The founder of Dominoes Pizza decided he was going to build a Catholic university, with a town around it. He got a bunch of Florida swampland offered to him by a company with the understanding that he would pay them to build it. It was actually built and is doing relatively well, so head’s above the other rich guys, but there were a lot of mistakes that had to be fixed. For example…he wanted to build a beautiful cathedral made of glass. Get that? A big glass building. In Florida. Fortunately, someone realized the problem with frying worshippers in a giant magnifying glass before it was actually built. But plenty of other mistakes did make it out of the design phase. Plus, like, you have to sell ppl on living in a town where children are advised to not play outside due to all the wandering alligators. Because Florida swamp. It definitely made for interesting college years.
about how cities are built: there are different types of cities, some are organic like you said but when building a settlement like the romans did they actually had all of the areas in the city planned out, like the theatre, the market, etc.
You know what's another weird thing rich people do. It's getting their family members or people they know into their line of work like, the entertainment industry. I think they're called, Nepo babies or something.
once again, daniel gonzalez produces what can be considered this universes best captured recording on the great 1% rich people attempting to create their own cities, it is truly an honor to be physically able to watch this
I actually have some experience with communities built by corporations. There was one close to where I grew up, with the company having a lot of factories in different industries over a large compound, and they also built a lot of houses, a community pool and sports areas, even two schools (one of which I went to). It was actually once of the greenest and most peaceful neighbourhoods around, as they had people caring for the place, so the air always smelled really fresh. The factories were some distance away from the actual living areas. The school and pool and stuff was originally intended for the employees' families, but because the quality of the facilities were good they also attracted a lot of people who weren't related to the city. From what I heard it was quite safe for kids to play and run around, and also your house would depend on what position the employee worked in. I never really thought about it being kinda dystopian until now lol, it was so normal for me growing up.
wdym? r u talking about nepo baby bc thats from ned flames aka fox szn and ok they might look alike but he asked us to stop comparing them!!! stop it its not cool
The fact that the dome designs are eco-friendly, sustainable, and able to withstand high winds (proven by african architecture that is still used today) but, is called bizarre by western media is interesting.
i guess it's called bizarre because for cultures where this design isn't established, it would mean a significant change in the way space is being used, how furniture is implemented, how you implement them in neighbourhoods etc - especially if you're working with the goal to create as much living space in a small square (lol) footage as possible
My dude, they're called bizarre because of the size (how is that going to fit a kitchen/bathroom/bedroom, at minimum?? Some of those look not much bigger then a bedroom) and strange design on the outside. Also how is it eco friendly if nothing pre-existing can fit against/in the dome walls?? Everything has to be custom made to fit in there. You can't recycle anything or bring any furniture you had before in. If a culture already uses these and it works great, but the only Western people who can afford to make/live in these are people who could just buy a house outright.
hearing "he was going to dig a hole that could fit 200 people" sounds like someone preparing a mass grave
That’s exactly what I thought of too 😂
Like will it fit 200 people… and other things? Or just like 200 square feet
I mean considering things he’s said before I’m not so sure how against mass graves he’d be
sounds like a runescape thing too lmao
Sounds like a bunker not a grave
Yeah the jew in me was shaking
As a former homeless person, I can confirm that all homeless people are, in fact, there because they don't like the shape of existing houses.
Should we lower rents by increasing housing density and therefore the supply? No, domes in the middle of the desert are the answer.
Dang, what new house shape did you choose then?
as a current homeless person, i will ONLY move into a shelter if it is dome shaped
@@f5tornado831 If it's not an octagon, it's not even worth looking at.
@@iamcode.4nah if it’s not an enneagram, it’s not even worth thinking about it
Alright Danny you can stop hiding that you are in fact, a secret billionaire. Go build us a city big boy.
It will be called "What's up" and everyone who moves there has to legally change their name to Greg
Nah everybody’s first name is What’s up and their last name is Greg
Or "Gregtropolis"
Kurtis has kurtis town, now we need GregCity, with craig sewers
Future Greg CIty?
6:45 They weren't temporary, they just tried to claim they were temporary because they didn't have the proper building permits for a permanent structure. The concrete foundations clearly indicated they were intended to be permanent, which is what the article was suggesting.
He understood that Danny is just very sarcastic so he tried to brush it off in a silly way
i’m trying to imagine what stopped him from just getting a permit hahaha
@@nessys6450 he's a megalomaniac?
Elon's town is almost exactly the same as what mining companies did in the early 1900s. They would build towns with houses, supermarkets etc. for their employees to live in. These mining companies would then pay their employees with fake currency that could ONLY be used in that town and couldn't be converted to any other currency, so employees couldn't quit or leave the town.
americans are so creative with the ways they reinvent slavery
Well, as long as he doesn't do the "you can only use my currency in my stores" thing, just living in a little town your employers created isn't a terrible idea, especially if it's that close and significantly cheaper than surrounding areas. 🤷🏻♀
@@LadyBeyondTheWall No, it's still a terrible idea, because now your housing is entirely dependent on your employer and if your employer threatens to fire you they are also threatening to render your homeless and force you to leave the town you live in. Not to mention the fact that "significantly cheaper than surrounding areas" is entirely up to the whims of your employer who can raise the prices of both rent and products in the town (either directly if they run the shops or indirectly if they rent the land to shop owners). The company will also be able to easily monitor your every move. Imagine your boss asks if you can come into work for an extra shift. You say no. He says "Why not? I can see you haven't left town. It won't take more than 5 minutes to drive on down." That's dystopian nightmare fuel.
This is the comment I was looking for. Crazy that anyone is dumb enough to think any of these places would be a good idea
@@LadyBeyondTheWallno.
9:00 fun fact I learned when I wanted to be an architect: there is a good reason most buildings are all square, it’s because when you have all those weird rounded corners it makes designing rooms REALLY hard, because they end up with all these wonky curved areas which don’t accommodate pretty much any pre existing furniture
Pre-existing furniture, pre-existing doors/windows, pre-existing appliances/fixtures, pre-existing drywall… the list is endless
as an architecture student, theres probably a couple other reasons as well.
1. while not impossible, making the building structurally sound is much more difficult when the shape is not consistent
2. it would be extremely expensive to fabricate the shape for each individual piece of the building. for example, concrete buildings tend to be the same shape throughout, as the form work is cheaper if you can reuse it
3. in the way shown in this video, the facade being that seamless would be... near impossible. it's obviously been done before, but having a building shaped like that would be a major wind/water issue, and a facade that smooth would lead to damages (both visually from water stain, and physically from wind loads).
4. as @bonnie1303 said, you would have to custom build EVERYTHING. and if the walls curve as shown, there would be no 90 degree wall to floor juncture, meaning that much of the floor plan space would be completely unusable
anyways sorry for the rant :P but yeah most of the buildings shown in that city would be... completely unfeasible for an entire city to look like LOL
That's one of the reasons why I don't use round walls in the sims
denver whistle building
did you make up the word preexisting? And what do you think is the difference between existing, preexisting and post existing? Haha 🌈@@bonnie1303
Danny, you have to build Greg Town as a competitor to Kurtis Town. I’ve heard they’re growing quicker by the day, we don’t want them becoming the fastest growing army on the internet.
i live in the cultural boundary in the inbetween, little-stinker town🌞🍷
@@dogwoodsALPHAfootsame it’s a lovely place
@@dogwoodsALPHAfoottruly, I love hopping between the towns
@@dogwoodsALPHAfoot i live in the direct centre of kurtistown, drewtown and dannytown
@@baileythesproutwhere is that? Jarvistown?Burback town?? Maybe Chad Chadtown? You are going to have to be more specific
For the city planning aspect mentioned at 10:15, yes builders plan all of that out ahead of time, where the residential area is, commercial, industrial etc. They didn't do that when we were first settling/stealing the land, but any new development has a shitload of planning before it's built,
corporations trying to build their own cities for their employees shows a distinct lack of knowledge of their own country's history. people tried that already. it didnt work out. there were deaths.
underestimating hubris. those other people just didn't do it right, but it'll work THIS time around because THIS time they'll do it "right" lol
There still is cases of corporate towns in the US. They never went fully away and they still haven't learnt their lesson
Bold of you to assume corporations think long term and not just short term profit gains that will eventually screw them over in 5 years
I doubt it's lack of knowledge; more a lack of concern or any sort of moral compass, really.
History truly does repeat itself
FUN FACT: Disney's EPCOT center was originally gonna be one of these cities! They were common during the 19th-20th century, and walt Disney had planned on a city of the future. He of course died before he could begin actually making the city, and his execs and brother thought the city was a bad idea so just built a park instead. If you wanna know more than Defunctland has a great video about the topic!
And that’s why Disney world to this day has its own government.
they’re trying it again in cali i think
@@z.m.stewart1996They already have people living in the parks with those tacky housing community they built a few years back (watching a few of the house tours made me depressed on how awful it was designed)
120th century 🥰🥰
EPCOT actually stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow :)
Hi, someone who grew up in Menlo Park, California before it became what is now known as 'Zucktown' here. We lived in the low-income apartments next to Facebook HQ. Can confirm that the entire area is becoming a gentrified mess.
They started with building more office spaces and parking lots. Next came brand new apartments for what I can assume is the employees. And next, came us. They gave us a notice that they were tearing down our apartments to build brand new ones with more commodities. Sounds great, except they didn't let many of us go back when they finished. So here all of us are, scrambling to find a new place to rent. Except, rents in Menlo Park are $4000. We were one of the lucky ones who barely qualified for a mortgage for a new house. The same cannot be said for many other low-income families.
I don't know what they plan to do with the rest of the area, and I am actually a little saddened. I lived there almost my entire life and seeing it change so much bothers me. I can only hope the changes don't negatively affect the remaining residents as much as it affected the rest of us.
And actually, I didn't know about Zucktown despite having lived there until watching this video. Thanks for the great video, Danny. :)
Zucktown: *this is going to zuck*
Gentrification is disgusting.
You always need low income housing.
You never need high priced flats. Or any fancy housing really. No one needs overly fancy flats.
There is no need for that at all.
I'm sorry you guys got forced out of your homes.
God that’s horrifying. I’m so sorry
So glad it kinda worked out for you & yours! 👍🏠👍
@@CommanderViviaxmaybe not fancy, but we do need quality. We should not be expected to live in holes in the walls that are infested and rotting
Hey Danny! I usually don't comment but thought it was important to mention to you and others: just letting you know that foods like Sunday's dog food put dogs at risk for things like nutritional DCM (a heart disease that is preventable in breeds that aren't likely to get it) and pancreatic due to the fat levels. A lot of these dog foods don't even do the bare minimum of feeding trials. These companies can afford to hire nutritionists, do studies, feeding trials, and remain on the side of wsava complacent guidelines and they refuse to. We all want more options on what to feed our dogs, but grain-free foods or foods with a lot of legumes can cause as much of an issue if they're not formulated correctly. Grains and the like are good for dogs that aren't allergic to it, and these foods abuse the fact that we associate human grade with good.
If you want to feed your dogs fresh food, consult a nutritional vet. Not a regular vet, as most vets aren't super knowledgeable in proper nutrition to guide you on that. Sorry for the long message, I just want to avoid people losing their dogs to foods made by people who don't care
Hi! Do you know anything about The Honest Kitchen brand? I feed my dog a food from their brand that says it’s human grade-but I checked and it has no legumes in the ingredients, and it does include grains. The specific food is “Whole Food Clusters, Whole Grain, Chicken & Oat Recipe, Small Breed.”
So glad to have read this. Your message felt overly fear monger-y so I did my own research on all your claims and it seems like you’re completely correct.
My dog has pretty severe allergies and intolerances so we’re always on the lookout for a better option. I’m not sure I would’ve ever known about all that had I not read your comment and looked it up for myself. Definitely the knowledge that DCM may be dietary, and now knowing what else to look for when researching these food brands is going to be so incredibly helpful
That’s sad. rocky Kanaka always promotes Sundays. I wonder if he knows. Somebody should probably tell him.
I shadowed a vet when someone asked about dog food, they basically said grain-free is bad (and listed a couple other things to avoid) but there are so many types of dog food that they can’t tell them what to get
Man, if I was a TH-camr I would be terrified to accept any sponsor. I can't think of a single one that doesn't have tons of problems. Thank you for this!
Facebook trying to use "zucky" as a positive description is perhaps the funniest thing I've heard all day 😅
I really don't think they should try becuase the internet absolutely will ruin "zucky" in moments
@@artsyscrub3226 The second it is placed anywhere near any maternal term, it'll be all over.
@@lonesavior
Honestly they just need to say "have a zucky day" would send the internet into a frenzy...
“Hey, Zuck you Bob👋😃…”
“Zuck you Dave😄”
"This town, and everyone in it, zucks. 😁👍"
If Akoncity was a scam, does that make it... A Con City?
I'm glad people are making this joke
Another great Akon joke! Bless you!
I think you're on to something, considering the payment method being a whole new Con-rrency. kinda like BitCon
It was in the name the whole time...
they're using their own Con-rrency after all, you know, kinda like BitCon
8:46 that's STRAIGHT UP A VIBRATOR
Literally😭😭
i haven’t gotten to that part in the video and this seems very concerning with just this comment
Thank you!! That was my first thought 😂
that’s literally one of the most common vibrator designs why did they do that
I DIDN’T SEE THAT THE FIRST TIME AROUND AND IMMEDIATELY LOST IT WHEN I READ THE COMMENT AND CLICKED THE TIMESTAMP
My great grandparents fought in the street to defeat oil barons running feudal style cities with their own bespoke currency and we are just like "okay Facebook, why not!?"
😂 cause a lot of people are losing their minds slowly
those who don't learn from history...
Most people probably don’t like the idea, but most people aren’t in a position to stop this from happening
That's why it's important for the media companies to talk to us about what the Kardashians are doing, or suggest the pyramids were built by aliens. If people knew the history of the past century, they'd be a fighting a hell of a lot harder. But most people don't know any of that, so they're easy to scam. That is absolutely by design.
Curate your media, kids. It's easier than ever.
@@placeholderdoe That's what they want you to think! Get your lost guts and stand up!
I love that Kanye see's Tatooine in Star Wars, a lawless wasteland. See's Obi-Wan call it "The most retched hive of scum and villainy" and Kanye is just like "Damn, that's the kind of city I want to live in."
Why are you putting apostrophes after sees 🙄
Haha😂 true! I didn't think of that.
@@nk582 i sees it, i smells it.
I mean...Kanye kinda fits those words too so...
@@nk582 Why are you so upset that they did? You could still read what they meant. Maybe English isn't their native language.
funny thing is that those reflective curve buildings will cause extremely concentrated areas of heat/radiation to the point that it’ll be a health hazard. it happened before with a building like this and they had to cover it bc it was melting cars and shit
That's true! I believe this is London's "The Shard." Supposedly, a reporter was on location discussing it's car-melting capability when he had to cut things short because his hair caught on fire.
Well now I'm wondering if somebody made a town full of buildings that curve in a way that reflects the heat away from the streets and like back upwards instead, would that make the town colder?
@@shadowshade904 yes actually. So there have actually been projects trying to increase roof and road reflectivity. However the mirror/reflective metal structure in not really one that’s been explored much, probably because it isn’t very economical. But yes convex structures would spread out rather than concentrate solar rays.
@@benjaminrobinson3842 I had to look it up but it’s actually the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building in London. From the looks of it the shards sides aren’t curved. it’s concave curved reflective surfaces that would cause this issue. I didn’t know that about the reporter, that’s quite funny.
@@benjaminrobinson3842the building isn’t the shard, its the walkie talkie building!
The Facebook city said it would be 59 acres. For context, Baltimore is 59 THOUSAND acres. My suburban town is about 9,500 acres. The University of Maryland College Park campus is 1,340 acres. But 59 acres is supposed to be a city?
Maybe they think they're going to just build mega skyscrapers without any issue. So many of these stupid city plans from the rich I've followed are just doing something like that and slapping on it will be "self sustaining" somehow
as someone about to graduate for urban planning my head hurts thinking of the poor urban planner and landscape architect who have to plan that
It would even be smaller than the vatican
Idk why but it makes me laugh that all the reference points are in Maryland
Half an acre is three houses long if you squish them right next to each other 😂
I like to think all these headlines are fully literal and all these rich people are building these cities by hand
"Kanye West tried to build a city in Wyoming" really hits different when you picture him laying every brick by hand
I would support it if that were the case ngl
This is the only way I can get behind one of these headlines.
we built this city on hip and hop
I BUILT THIS SHIT BRICK BY BRICK-
Rich ppl dont lift a finger in these cases
Real missed opportunity not saying they’d go from homeless to domeless
Danny really looking like minecraft steve
I eat the cotton candy from my walls
@@Beanzopshow does it taste like
@@cheesecake1255blood
Yum@@Beanzops
@@Beanzopsoh
Danny, you are in this club. BUILD US A GREG CITY!!! #gregcity
YES i would live there
#gregcity
@@cr0wb3rrywe're Greg's. It's our home.
@@Bean_is_green#gregcity
#gregcity‼️‼️
11:05 if you’re wondering, it’s a joke about how architects will come up with ridiculous designs and make the engineers deal with actually making it possible
yeah just misused as "this is every architect and every..." instead of "an architects dream is an..."
wow I sure do love that company towns are coming back. They worked so well the first time
"i'm from yecosystem, wyoming" -classic hole-person catchphrase
Yep. I grew up in the Domes
wyeoming
Hole-person sounds like a slur for bottoms 💀
@@manboy4720I originally replied “wyeezyoming” to this comment but I realize now that that was your joke and I was just doing a worse version of it. I apologize and I appreciate your joke. I love you
@@guyanomaly i love you too.
Town planning is definitely a thing. You can tell when a city was planned versus when it just started and expanded naturally.
wagon wheel vs. grid for ex.
City planning is very good for a city😁
Boston wasn't planned in the slightest, that's why it's such hell to drive around 😭
Brasília, capital of brasil, is a planned city but it worked cause the one planning was the former president
@@goblin_rightsMost cities are hell to drive around since cars sort of suck in the context of cities
The hard, crunchy texture of most kibbles is actually very good for dog's teeth. Especially if they don't let you brush them or anything, kibble can help scrape away the tartar on their teeth. Also, I didn't hear any grains in the ingredient list, and can't find any listed on their website. Make sure your dogs have grain in their diet! Grain free foods have been linked to dilated cardiomyopathy, which is basically when the heart gets so big that it has trouble contracting, and it eventually leads to heart failure/death. I hope this helps!
Dogs don't naturally eat grains so I don't see why they'd need them
@@MedicFromTF2_REALDogs are omnivores, not carnivores, and grains have fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and antioxidants, as well as the hard texture when used in dog food, while dogs don’t go and eat grains in nature, they would often eat it in the animals they would catch.
@@jadebeason7552 I'm pretty sure most of the animals they would have caught weren't eating that much grain anyway, more like grass and leaves. And I also saw that grains can cause allergies in dogs. Yes they are omnivores but they mostly eat meat and sometimes grass to aid in digestion, not grains. And definitely not in the quantity they have in some dog food
@@MedicFromTF2_REAL dogs are not obligate carnivores. Also 'grains' isn't a biological thing. it's a term we made up to describe a bunch of unrelated plants. your entire argument is basically 'yeah but i feel like grains are bad for dogs'
@@elfappo9330 All I was saying is that from what I could find, grains can be beneficial for some things but also could have downsides such as the allergy thing. And I didn't see anything saying they need grains. And dogs may not be obligate carnivores, but their teeth and digestive system is definitely more intended for digesting meat
15:50 this is literally just medieval fuedalism
what's that
actually it's more of a company town which to be fair is a proud american tradition
@@choosehappy9224bro did NOT go to middle school
@flyingskier1913
What is late capitalism if not neo feudalism?
@choosehappy9224 feudalism is basically: live on my land give me something in return
The Walt Disney fascination with space travel to acquisition of farmland to futuristic city planning pipeline strikes again
“I thought cities were built as things are needed” That’s how the POORS do it, Danny
Ironic you mention how cruise ship workers have to live where they work, because cruises are notorious for taking advantage of their employees. They hire international workers and overwork them because they know those employees can't just leave. It's a textbook abusive work environment that perfectly demonstrates the risks of having your living situation controlled/dependent upon your employer.
It was the same problem with mining towns back in the day as well. Miners were completely dependent upon and taken advantage by the coal companies they worked for whose towns they lived in.
To anyone contemplating living in a place owned or controlled by your employer in the future - don't do it! There's a reason we need to keep those things separate.
ngl i cant imagine a worse real life hell to live in than somewhere controlled by an employer....... i cant fathom why anyone would want to ngl, it sounds like an actual prison disguised as a Normal Town
Urban planner here! You do in fact plan exactly what goes where before building a brand new city to ensure all the necessary infrastructure is in place, not a bunch of film studios though. Which is why it's wild to me that Kanye was supposedly hiring everybody but urban planners...probably the reason why he's failing 💀
I was thinking about the fact that there is a parklot, but no water treatment plants, no trash collection and disposal plans, no hospital or healthcare facilities, and no firefighting facilities.
Like, I'm glad the cars are safe in a city that totally could have been walkable with public transportation.
@@AdaireKrickets
When you start to play city sims and stuff you really appreciate how much planning goes into it, it's so easy to fuck up it's a miracle some of them run as smoothly as they do
Of course an out of touch billonare wouldn't know that...
He played sim city once, it's fine.
depends on the city though right like older cities aren't planned they just became cities over time
Well, who needs professionally trained civil engineers who know exactly what they are doing?
0:18 "billionaires don't control the government yet" that's a good one! a banger within the first the first thirty seconds
i mean in the us they certainly influence it but there's a reason a bunch of them are leaving washington and other states because they are against the high taxes in the area.
@@herb_rolls There's another reason too, they lobby for the migrants they run from.
I was thinking the same thing
i was like “yeah about that…”
I love the first the first!
On a more serious note, we do have cities like this in Indonesia. Almost totally governed by the billionaire-owned developers.
what we do?
What are they like?
They have their own malls, complex housing, supermarket, park, clubs, resorts, hotels, etc
These sort of places are pretty common around the world, especially in areas where there isn’t a lot of alternative housing. I remember watching a video about a town in Japan owned by Toyota for its employees that has like a whole underground network for robots. I think the weird thing about the ones in the videos is that the actual owner of the company is so involved and that’s usually why it fails. They’re not trying to make actual good housing for their employees, they’re wanting to become the ruler of a town completely designed by them.
Literally meikarta
As someone currently living and raising a family on a military base, it can be really bizarre and isolating when I dont leave base for a few days. It is definitely not always enjoyable to live and work in a fenced in area.
Quick note as a veterinarian- if you do choose to move your dog onto fresh food, even if if it's dried, you HAVE to be feeding them normal dog food along side it. I beg you to remember an animal is not a human and they can't get everything they need to live healthily from a "fresh food" diet. Dog and cat food is manufactured specifically to tick the boxes of health in your pet. Those "synthetic nutrients" ARE nutarians made to help you pet stay healthy. Fresh food, even dried, is great! It is NOT a replacement.
Not to be rude at all but like, they would be eating only fresh food in the wild, right??
Again, not being sarcastic, genuinely asking: what would they be getting from kibble that they can't get from a well balanced fresh food diet and supplements?
@@Crabby-Abbythey wouldn’t be getting anything “in the wild” because dogs are domesticated animals. they couldn’t live without humans, any dogs that live “in the wild” likely have contact with humans and eat food scraps from them. not to mention a wild dog would be incredibly unhealthy.
@@graces1stpsata I mean, there are literally wild dogs though? Obviously not like a Chihuahua lol but there are plenty of relatives to the dog that live in the wild just fine. And they aren't unhealthy when their ecosystem isn't destroyed by humans. And PLENTY of cats live in the wild.
@@Crabby-Abbyjust adding to the convo. Dogs and Wolves have common ancestors, but are different animals. You may be under the impression that a “natural diet” for dogs is what wolves would eat. Which is not really the case. Dogs are canines that evolved alongside humans to adapt to how humans live with them. They are not living in the forest hunting and such. They live inside and on the outskirts of human settlements. Chihuahuas are a good example of this because they have been kept along humans since the 9th century, according to light googling. If you are interested in the topic “What happened to pre-contact dogs” by Trey the explainer is a great paleontology and archeology video explaining stuff like this but specifically about pre-European contact American dogs.
@@spicy_seagull thanks for the info! I appreciate it!
Cities where people work for the company that own the town means the money they spend pretty much goes back to the company that gives them a salary, an absolute ethical nightmare
Sounds like Pullman in Chicago
no sir, they would cut you from the next salary for what you have spent/consumed...so that you and the Company can make savings on tax paid to the government
🎶"I owe my soul to the company store" 🎶
i don't think they really care about ethics though
Company towns of the Industrial Age took full advantage of this. They marked up prices of goods and rent enough that all the money they paid workers went back to them. Some took it even a step further and paid workers with fake currency that could only be spent within the company.
God forbid you get fired or quit due to the abhorrent working conditions, or couldn’t afford the rent because of them bleeding you dry, as you then end up on the streets with nothing but the clothes on your back.
haha I went to that sponsor's site. The biggest red flag: they do not have prices everywhere. They want you really emotionally invested before you see any costs!
My browser isn't even letting me acces their website cuz it "might be harmful for your device" lol
Have you seen how much he was blinking around 8:10 ? Think he might be held hostage.
also. the website shows 0 one star reviews on its summary but if you sort it, there are a bunch lol
@@artpai7665 I'm getting an error: "redirected you too many times."
@@daniellet4218just checked, you’re right! People claiming its a scam, high prices and terrible customer services as well as it apparently causing stomach problems. ALL of the recent reviews are 1 star, literally all of them
Hey! I just wanted to point out the thing Danny said about the “planning out” cities before building them. It’s actually called urbanism. It was pretty popular in Ancient Rome and Greece, where they would plan out exactly where each buildings are going to be, instead of building houses one by one.
Thank you for allowing me to yap about stuff from my freshman art history class.
Hope it made sense.
No, they didn't. Only the major buildings and streets were planned.
5:50 "envisaged" is a real world, Daniel
Ah, was looking for this answer. i thought they meant envisioned but apparently they do mean slightly different things: "The words envisage and envision share the same Latin root meaning to see. Both words are very similar in meaning but do have slight shades of difference. If you envision something happening, you can see it happening in your mind. I'm sure you can envision yourself graduating from high school! If you envisage something, you can imagine it, but not necessarily see it. You can envisage world peace, but it may be harder to envision it."
@@chocochipbananasplit 🤓
@@fatbgmanbg975anti-intellectualism strikes again
@@chocochipbananasplitwe use it often in french as well “envisager” as in considering to do something !
@@melody4740 ah, thanks for that info, very interesting!
13:08 possibly one of the most dystopian things I’ve ever heard. Makes me think of I have no mouth and I must scream
I have no mouth and I must scream isn’t even that bad, I mean unless your not one of the unlucky people AM picked, then your just dead 🤷
@@Rayman-kddz2 babe what-
Fun fact, in some small countries in west Africa, rich architects actually are planning and building really big complexes. Especially in Gambia and Senegal. I think it’s more of an apartment/housing complex with stores and stuff rather than an autonomous city but still. It’s a thing!
not them calling akon a ringtone superstar 😂 11:57
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The fact that Kanye West tried to make a 200 person mass-grave called the ‘Yecosystem’ is incredible. (I say mass-grave because a 200 person mass-grave-esque hole isn’t a city, it’s something out of the bubonic plague, or if you want to call it that: an ultra-utilitarian underground zone.)
10:14 im an urban planning student and planned cities are definitely a thing! A lot of cities started out as planned cities, especially capitals. The capital of Brazil is a good example.
same with Australia! The capital was built after the government hosted a city design competition where a bunch of planners submitted their ideas for the chance to win
Seems like people who want to build towns might have too much money. Maybe they should have higher taxes, actually put money into existing towns. Just a thought.
Maybe we can gamify it to get it trending among billionaires - the person who paid the most taxes gets a park they can name, then a library, then a community centre, then a school, then a hospital, then a shopping centre and then a sport stadium - any billionnaire who paid the most taxes after 7 years can be declared the "winner" of that town ^_^
@@avalonfey I think this would work, especially if the winner gets a phallic looking monument at some point. Then they'll feel really seen.
they do pay high taxes
@@badclassicalmusicbut not high enough!
@@herisuryadi6885 no they pay they more than enough, if you made a billion dollars you would pay 395 million dollars of it
Surprisingly, dome shaped houses are not only not new, they're super environmentally friendly and safe when constructed correctly. Check out the super adobe eco domes from the CalEarth institute in Hesperia, CA, one of them apparently survived a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, which is kinda legit tbh.
that's amazing
But they won't be the good sort.
Geodesic domes are also supposed to be really good in tornado-prone areas because the way they divert the high winds actually produces more of a downward pressure on the building than anything else. Or at least, that’s what I think I remember from learning about them like 15 years ago.
@@9Syren9I wanna know more about this do you have more to say or what should I look up?
IDK some architecture people in the comments are saying they're incredibly impractical and expensive to make. No pre-existing doors, windows, furniture etc fit them and everything has to be custom made...don't really see how that's environmentally friendly. The dome also traps heat inside to the point of a health hazard someone said?
12:38 I guess you could say it was "A CON"
Oh man, I bet all those miners at the Boring Company are going to love the idea of living in a company-controlled town. Absolutely no historical precedent to draw upon to evaluate that decision.
And you get paid in company-issued currency that's only valid in company-owned stores. Capitalism is perfect. The free market is God 🌈
Well, this is honestly terrifying. I love how they keep labelling it as a "utopia" when we all know it's a dystopia for everyone but the rich
Planning out all the building is actually pretty common for new towns and cities nowadays. There are a lot of planned cities where they already have everything planned and then just build it in stages. An advantage of planning everything from the start is that the urban planning can be really efficient which makes it a lot nicer for the people living there. You can make sure everything is in walking distance and that all the roads will be able to handle the necessary traffic.
This became a more popular idea after the second World War, when the population boom created a demand for more housing stock. Unfortunately for planning enthusiasts, it was impossible to control *everything* so the result would be a tidy central planned area surrounded by the typical ad hoc development of a conventionally-built city.
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
I live near Viera Florida which is one of the top planned cities in America and it still sucks because the planners didn't think of " user experience" and the influx of people who use the business and places but don't live in Viera and instead come from surrounding cities. Also, it's expensive so all the minimum wage workers ( me lol) have to be "imported"
Danny not knowing “envisaged” is a word is filling me with energy I can’t describe
I was looking for this comment 😂
What’s it mean tho?
@@Mikkler to contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
@@dylanainge2324 oh thx lol
I was scrolling and scrolling looking for someone to point out it was a real world 😭 this is the only comment I've found 💀
Well to be fair they aren't the first musical artist to build a city, Starship built a city on Rock and Roll
my bad, for some reason I was under the impression it was built on tootsie rolls
10:10 while I can't say towns have never been planned out, what I can say is now towns are more planned out. That's why you have urban planners and others who help determine where things are, the cost, soil and water quality to build and get resources from, and potential for future growth of the city.
As some have already commented, the "live where you work" cities were popular during the period of the gold and silver mining boom. It did not go well. It was a giant scam. Which were built by the companies that owned the gold and silver mines, of course. That's what a couple of these remind me of. They had their own currency and everything.
Like mobile games.
@@darksidegryphon5393I don’t know about that one
Tech billionaires re-inventing the company town. The last time we had these, there was literal warfare, but it's probably fine this time. It'll work great, no machine guns required.
See also Sorry To Bother You.
Love that film
At least class warfare will be more fun this time
where can I find that film?
I am almost 100% certain that building a “futuristic city” is just a cover for sweatshops to produce cheap merch
Probably mostly that and some human trafficking thrown in to build that workforce. And probably some drug trafficking just because where you find one you often find the other. That 200person hole skeeved me the hell out.
Some of these sounded an awful lot like the good old company towns of the 1800-1900s. And by good old I mean they literally turned out horribly and we shouldn't repeat history like that :/
For most cities in the world, yes. They were little groups of houses around a stream that continued on growing.
A lot of American cities were fully planned out from the get go.
Uninhabited land (for whatever reason) is used to blueprint a city atop
I mean, Walt Disney wanted to make Epcot a little civilization where he was basically a dictator, and then he died so they turned it into a tourist attraction
10:00 well when you are developing a large property that has to be subdivided usually you have to get approval for density (amount of units), transit studies, climate studies, etc etc etc but usually you aren’t like “the plebs will live here and this block will be 4 recording studios” but things are usually zoned according to residential, commercial, mixed… hope this helps
Snailbrook sounds like a town from a mid 2000s disney channel movie
its like seabrook from zombies😭
Ugh! I just wanna get out of Snailbrook! I wanna live in Hollywood!
Jenty, no! You need to stay in our middle school band!
snailbrook sounds like the response you'd get from a Town Name Generator online
It sounds like a cartoonishly dull and depressing town, where everything is grey, and everyone is sluggish and lethargic. Like the kind of place the energetic character used to live in their backstory.
i would live in snailbrook if the government was real actual snails
"Envisage" seems to be a more concrete, practical version of "envision" which is more metaphorical and abstract in nature - in case anyone was wondering.
idk they're interchangeable
That’s not a word that exists. Visage literally means face in french, so when someone uses it in english it is used to refer to the face of an object, or someone’s image ie the visage of a building or wall. Envisage literally means ‘in face’ in french and is also not a word that exists in the english language. Or will. Envision means to picture something in your head. So… no
15:50 the most genuine "are the houses in the room with us"
12:50 you could say it was A-con
I want you to know that this made me chuckle
badum-tsss
WE GOTTA MAKE KURTISTOWN A REAL PLACE NEXT FELLAS 🙏🔥🗣️‼️
There is a real town called Kurtistown in Hawaii, we just have to buy it
Fr but we also need #gregcity
Are gal pals allowed?
Yes!!
YAYAYAY
“Phallic high rise” is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard this man say 💀
If Danny builds Greg City it would be paradise on Earth
#gregcity
#gregcity
I eat the cotton candy from my walls
#gregcity
#gregcity
On a serious note, corporations already do this with migrant workers. It's a very big problem in Canada, you have no idea just how unethical it is for your employer to also be your landlord. Trust me, corporations housing their workers should be illegal. It puts workers in positions where they can easily be, at the very least taken advantage of, and at the very worst, horribly abused.
regarding preplanned cities: Brasilia, Canberra, Salt Lake City.
all of these had pre-planned city centers. of course, outside of the city centers, they developed similar to how you described (build things when needed).
SLC was outlined exactly as the LA comment described. The pre-planning of SLC is why the mormon temple is in the "center" of town (the center of the N, E, W, S-labeled streets) and why the streets are so dang wide.
these cities tend not to be super dynamic or sustainable unless there's some power that maintains a presence there (hence country and state capitols).
also the first building in the AKONCITY propaganda looks like a Rabbit vibrator almost exactly
hilarious as always!
EDIT: also theres NEOM, but thats laughable for so many reasons
BRASILIA MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ WTF IS A GOOD METRO SYSTEM 🔥🔥🔥
Bruh I noticed the vibratory building too and was like "wtf am I watching?!?! Wait...thats a building??"
10:10 If you are building a entire community from scratch yes, you usually do master plan quite a bit of it in advance to ensure the town runs smoothly from the moment people turn up. They're called Planned Communities for a reason.
To celebrate the year 2000 the UK government spent around £1billion on the Millenium Dome - a building full of experiences to celebrate the year 2000!
The slight issue is they had no plans for what would be in the building and unsurprisingly it ended up being terrible.
It was scheduled to be open for 1 year and then be used for something else, again no plan were in place for what is would be used for.
It took 7 years for it to get turned into The O2 Arena which has ended up being a (I think) successful music venue.
0:09 you forgot when they went down in a submarine for a titanic tour
@@yourshoulderdevil5229 Also they weren't billionaires, that was a lie
@@yourshoulderdevil5229SHORT LIVED IS CRAZY 😭😭😭💀💀☠️☠️☠️
akon is a fever dream that man gave us the sweet escape with gwen stefani, smack that with eminem AND chammak challo in the same lifetime. insane.
personally I think his most notable collab was with the Lonely Island
@@malegazeofficial that’s also a good one 👍
@@lala61199 it was akon-ic
16:21 in a city close by I know a company that has their atelier and bought almost all the homes on the block to rent out cheaply to their employees. Difference is they are already in a real functional city with all needed facilities so it’s kinda neat.
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Mine says 2 Danny 2 furious 2 hours ago.
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i love how as i’m watching his old videos he makes a new one
Me too LOL
Same!
Danny saying billionaires don't already have control over the government is hilarious
"Hyper-utilitarian underground zone fitting 200 people" is just my minecraft villager trading hub
More dogs related sponsorships! I want to see more of these dogs!!
Or just more including the dogs in the sponsorship ads! MORE DOGS
I went to university in a town like this. The founder of Dominoes Pizza decided he was going to build a Catholic university, with a town around it. He got a bunch of Florida swampland offered to him by a company with the understanding that he would pay them to build it.
It was actually built and is doing relatively well, so head’s above the other rich guys, but there were a lot of mistakes that had to be fixed.
For example…he wanted to build a beautiful cathedral made of glass. Get that? A big glass building. In Florida.
Fortunately, someone realized the problem with frying worshippers in a giant magnifying glass before it was actually built. But plenty of other mistakes did make it out of the design phase.
Plus, like, you have to sell ppl on living in a town where children are advised to not play outside due to all the wandering alligators. Because Florida swamp.
It definitely made for interesting college years.
Finding someone else who attended that college in the comments of a Danny Gonzalez video was not something I was expecting but here we are
Omg I know the college you’re speaking of! My sister went there 😮And yes, she and her housemates routinely found quasi-dinosaurs in their yard.
11:10 i'm an architect and i can say that this is my nightmare for sure!
about how cities are built: there are different types of cities, some are organic like you said but when building a settlement like the romans did they actually had all of the areas in the city planned out, like the theatre, the market, etc.
@1:10 thank you! The middle east is not just one country!😭
Danny should build a city and call it Gregington, where everyone is blood-related.
And if you move there and ain't blood related, they inject some of Danny's blood into you so you are sort of blood related.
Like that one fallout 3 vault
You know what's another weird thing rich people do. It's getting their family members or people they know into their line of work like, the entertainment industry. I think they're called, Nepo babies or something.
Woah... Someone should write a song about that... Like this guy- or someone who looks a lot like him maybe idk
8:38 i think we can all agree it shouldn't be a-kon coin it should be called a-koin
16:32 that gate is looking awfully like the entrance to a place where work will set you free
15:24 ah a company town! Those are alway great and not at all exploitative! and always end well for the people living there!!!
Loving how danny is struggling with the clearly AI-written article lol
he's so innocent to the modern half-dead internet
Man I didn't even clock that
Legit, how could you tell??
“X, formally known as Twitter” was really something 😅
@@oo4758 "he was deep into his bag of brilliance" tipped me off a little bit
Now I need Danny to build his own city and call it Las Gregas
7:19 "Parrots(???), apples, tomatoes"
Danny you are so awesome pls don’t spontaneously combust or die
Would be sad
No promises
@@TheFireGiver ☹️
@@BowlofBeans I would be kind of upset
@@kyziezzzz it wouldn't be very convenient
once again, daniel gonzalez produces what can be considered this universes best captured recording on the great 1% rich people attempting to create their own cities, it is truly an honor to be physically able to watch this
I actually have some experience with communities built by corporations. There was one close to where I grew up, with the company having a lot of factories in different industries over a large compound, and they also built a lot of houses, a community pool and sports areas, even two schools (one of which I went to). It was actually once of the greenest and most peaceful neighbourhoods around, as they had people caring for the place, so the air always smelled really fresh. The factories were some distance away from the actual living areas. The school and pool and stuff was originally intended for the employees' families, but because the quality of the facilities were good they also attracted a lot of people who weren't related to the city. From what I heard it was quite safe for kids to play and run around, and also your house would depend on what position the employee worked in. I never really thought about it being kinda dystopian until now lol, it was so normal for me growing up.
I love how Danny causally drops the biggest bop of the year and then keeps on posting
Wdym
wdym? r u talking about nepo baby bc thats from ned flames aka fox szn and ok they might look alike but he asked us to stop comparing them!!! stop it its not cool
im sorry i seriously can’t tell if you’re joking. im not trying to be rude or passive aggressive or anything i just cannot tell
@@doginablanket4 its a joke
There needs to be a city built that instead of being wheelchair accessible, it should be squishy bone accessible
The fact that the dome designs are eco-friendly, sustainable, and able to withstand high winds (proven by african architecture that is still used today) but, is called bizarre by western media is interesting.
i guess it's called bizarre because for cultures where this design isn't established, it would mean a significant change in the way space is being used, how furniture is implemented, how you implement them in neighbourhoods etc - especially if you're working with the goal to create as much living space in a small square (lol) footage as possible
My dude, they're called bizarre because of the size (how is that going to fit a kitchen/bathroom/bedroom, at minimum?? Some of those look not much bigger then a bedroom) and strange design on the outside. Also how is it eco friendly if nothing pre-existing can fit against/in the dome walls?? Everything has to be custom made to fit in there. You can't recycle anything or bring any furniture you had before in. If a culture already uses these and it works great, but the only Western people who can afford to make/live in these are people who could just buy a house outright.
Of course, build your own city. Because that went so well for Walt Disney and Henry Ford