Bill Glahn, the new guy at Powerline, posts California Forever:
I’ve been fascinated by this story since stumbling upon it a few years ago. From SFGate,
A new Bay Area city backed by a secretive group of billionaires will be built “non-stop” for 40 years, the project’s CEO said in a news release Wednesday. The announcement further reveals the long-term commitment of California Forever’s backers to creating a new city of 400,000 people, even after polling overwhelmingly indicated locals weren’t interested in the idea.
Wasn’t this a plot device in one of those Roger Moore-era James Bond movies?
Building a brand-new city in California in 2026 would seem to be the ultimate triumph of hope over experience.
* * * * It’s like the story behind central Florida’s The Villages, but with tech bros instead of old people.
Actually, it sounds more like Irvine, California to me, but I just read Honeymoon with My Brother, whose author was a lobbyist for the Irvine Corporation, which owned the land and built he city.
Also, I cannot help but wonder if he is confusing The Villages which grew out of some real-estate-by-mail lots in the 1960s with Celebration, Florida, which was laid out, built, and sold by Disney.
