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America's First Eco-City: Doomed From the Start

Posted by Soulskill on from the parking-spaces-not-big-enough-for-SUVs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite backing from the Clinton Climate Initiative, and a $111 million investment from Subway Restaurant mogul Fred DeLuca, a planned city for Central Florida called 'Destiny' was doomed from the start, according to memos retrieved from Florida's Department of Community Affairs. According to state officials, despite a great deal of hype about Destiny, Florida, becoming the first fully sustainable city in the U.S., plans to build the city were rejected almost immediately due to concerns over 'possible urban sprawl, energy inefficient land use patterns, the endangerment of natural resources, and the undermining of agriculture.'"

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  1. Doomed? by nitehawk214 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You had me at Florida.

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  2. The error they made by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny

    The city should have been domed, then it might not have been doomed. With a domed city nobody can get away, then they have to stay and make it work, and the city isn't doomed.

    It is the logic of SciFi, it is the logic of the future.

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  3. Re:EPCOT turned out a little funny, too. by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anything you build in Florida turns into a theme park. Universal Studios? That was supposed to be a strip mall. Sea World? It was originally a Red Lobster.

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  4. Re:In otherwords by L.+J.+Beauregard · · Score: 4, Funny

    libertarianism is entirely about rationalism

    Oh, wait, you're serious.

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