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Sure why not? It would be cool to have "enclosed" cities (as in a big dome, only with multiple levels). Huge structures that are several miles across, but self-contained and multi-level. So you'd have houses and apartments on one level, and work spaces, offices, business, malls, etc on the lower levels. The temperature would be controlled at around 72 every day, and there'd be no need for a car, you simply hop in the elevator to go the floor you work on. And there could be ample rooms on other levels for farms and hydroponic gardens. There would be electric carts to drive you if you have to cover a long distance. You'd have everything you need and never have to leave "the dome" (except to go to the Las Vegas dome for recreation).
That sounds absolutely hellish as someone that can't stand cities
Well hopefully it would be designed to be comfortable and have lots of "outdoor like" spaces like parks and gardens. I'm not too fond of cities either, I've always lived in a part of the west where things are open and we have lots of "big sky," so i totally get what you mean. You can't really imitate that with artificial means.
I am Wyoming born and raised, cities drain me of my very will to live, I can't see the sky, the air burns my lungs, there is nowhere that isn't artificial and drained of its natural soul. I just can't live there and it kills me when people are pushing to make urbanization even worse
I totally relate, I was born and raised in Salt Lake. It's not the most urban of cities, but we have a lot of air pollution (and it gets trapped here in winter by the inversion). I really wasn't intending to push for more urbanization - only for thinking about the far future when the planet may be so crowded and polluted and hot that we need to "dome in" our living spaces.
Trust me I'd rather have open air and open sky also. I'm not a city person at all. There is just no place as wide open and unspoiled as many of the lands we have here in the West, and I do cherish and appreciate them.