This is pretty much a pipe dream but I think it’s worthwhile to note these ideas for now.

A city and community that has opted in to experimenting with new designs and theories. This would be a place that would make it easy for new people to move there and join the community, and it would serve as a testing ground for the rest of the world.

Why would anyone join?

1. To help other people through pushing forward new possibilities of how cities and societies can be structured. I believe this would be an immense social good.

2. To be on the cutting edge and be some of the first to try new ideas and social technologies.

How would it work?

There would, presumably be a large tax burden on the wealthy citizens. There would need to be a good voting structure. But there would also need to be buy in by the citizens such that the government could do a lot of the decision making and experimentation without explicit citizen approval for every decision.

Types of things that could be tested

Urban Design

• street design

• public space and walkable areas

• Charging for Parking

Government Welfare

• homelessness strategies

• Universal Basic Income

EPCOT

Inspired by Walt Disney original EPCOT concept, which was to be a real city.

Related

Charter cities