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20- After our guest lecture, I wanted to read more about Golden Oaks. First of all, the cost to buy property is outrageous, but what I find even crazier is all the restrictions and guidelines you have to abide by even after paying millions of dollars to-
finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-20-...
20- After our guest lecture, I wanted to read more about Golden Oaks. First of all, the cost to buy property is outrageous, but what I find even crazier is all the restrictions and guidelines you have to abide by even after paying millions of dollars to-
finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-20-...
You Can Buy a $20 Million Mansion Inside Disney World — But It Could Cost You $180,000 A Year Just to Keep It
Living at Disney might sound like a dream, but it comes with a reality check. At Golden Oak, Disney's ultra-luxury residential community in Florida, $20 million just buys you the keys. Keeping them? T...
finance.yahoo.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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20- After our guest lecture, I wanted to read more about Golden Oaks. First of all, the cost to buy property is outrageous, but what I find even crazier is all the restrictions and guidelines you have to abide by even after paying millions of dollars to-
finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-20-...
20- After our guest lecture, I wanted to read more about Golden Oaks. First of all, the cost to buy property is outrageous, but what I find even crazier is all the restrictions and guidelines you have to abide by even after paying millions of dollars to-
finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-20-...
#newcities
19- Songdo is a smart city in South Korea with lots of innovative technology but a population problem. The city is less than half full, demonstrating a major problem with these modern master-planned cities. Traditional cities have always arisen in places where
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
19- Songdo is a smart city in South Korea with lots of innovative technology but a population problem. The city is less than half full, demonstrating a major problem with these modern master-planned cities. Traditional cities have always arisen in places where
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
Tomorrow's cities: Just how smart is Songdo?
Songdo, built from scratch on reclaimed land near Seoul, is often described as the world's first smart city but has it been a success?
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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19- Songdo is a smart city in South Korea with lots of innovative technology but a population problem. The city is less than half full, demonstrating a major problem with these modern master-planned cities. Traditional cities have always arisen in places where
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
19- Songdo is a smart city in South Korea with lots of innovative technology but a population problem. The city is less than half full, demonstrating a major problem with these modern master-planned cities. Traditional cities have always arisen in places where
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
#newcities
18 - Waterfall City in South Africa is a smart city built to embody the "15-minute city" ideal. The article advertises itself as having "a fully integrated security system", "secure residential estates" and "private schools". I think it says a lot about
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
18 - Waterfall City in South Africa is a smart city built to embody the "15-minute city" ideal. The article advertises itself as having "a fully integrated security system", "secure residential estates" and "private schools". I think it says a lot about
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
Waterfall City: Towards a new urban rhythm
The 15-minute city is a concept that embraces mixed-use lifestyle living with primary amenities accessed within walking or cycling distance
mg.co.za
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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18 - Waterfall City in South Africa is a smart city built to embody the "15-minute city" ideal. The article advertises itself as having "a fully integrated security system", "secure residential estates" and "private schools". I think it says a lot about
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
18 - Waterfall City in South Africa is a smart city built to embody the "15-minute city" ideal. The article advertises itself as having "a fully integrated security system", "secure residential estates" and "private schools". I think it says a lot about
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
#newcities
17 - A floating city is being built by Maldives in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Built to combat rising sea levels, the city is planned to house 20,000 people and will float as the water levels rise. This reminded me a lot of the book "Playground" that I
www.cnn.com/style/articl...
17 - A floating city is being built by Maldives in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Built to combat rising sea levels, the city is planned to house 20,000 people and will float as the water levels rise. This reminded me a lot of the book "Playground" that I
www.cnn.com/style/articl...
A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape | CNN
The solution to living with rising sea levels could be floating architecture.
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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17 - A floating city is being built by Maldives in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Built to combat rising sea levels, the city is planned to house 20,000 people and will float as the water levels rise. This reminded me a lot of the book "Playground" that I
www.cnn.com/style/articl...
17 - A floating city is being built by Maldives in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Built to combat rising sea levels, the city is planned to house 20,000 people and will float as the water levels rise. This reminded me a lot of the book "Playground" that I
www.cnn.com/style/articl...
#newcities
16 - Akon City was a planned new city that was abandoned this year due to lack of funding and stalled construction. Singer Akon had envisioned this city to be like a real-like Wakanda. I find it interesting how ambitious this project was. Not only did the city
www.bbc.com/news/article...
16 - Akon City was a planned new city that was abandoned this year due to lack of funding and stalled construction. Singer Akon had envisioned this city to be like a real-like Wakanda. I find it interesting how ambitious this project was. Not only did the city
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Akon City: Wakanda-style $6bn project abandoned by Senegal
Something more realistic will replace ambitious plans dreamt up by singer Akon, officials tell the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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16 - Akon City was a planned new city that was abandoned this year due to lack of funding and stalled construction. Singer Akon had envisioned this city to be like a real-like Wakanda. I find it interesting how ambitious this project was. Not only did the city
www.bbc.com/news/article...
16 - Akon City was a planned new city that was abandoned this year due to lack of funding and stalled construction. Singer Akon had envisioned this city to be like a real-like Wakanda. I find it interesting how ambitious this project was. Not only did the city
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#newcities
15 - Duqm in Oman is an attempt to diversify Oman's economy away from oil and towards new industries like tech and tourism. This project is being funded by Chinese companies and is also being supported by Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. I find it
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
15 - Duqm in Oman is an attempt to diversify Oman's economy away from oil and towards new industries like tech and tourism. This project is being funded by Chinese companies and is also being supported by Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. I find it
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
'Five years ago there was nothing': inside Duqm, the city rising from the sand
Oman’s sparsely inhabited coast of fishing villages and Bedouin camps is being transformed into an industrial city with port, luxury hotels and housing for 111,000
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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15 - Duqm in Oman is an attempt to diversify Oman's economy away from oil and towards new industries like tech and tourism. This project is being funded by Chinese companies and is also being supported by Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. I find it
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
15 - Duqm in Oman is an attempt to diversify Oman's economy away from oil and towards new industries like tech and tourism. This project is being funded by Chinese companies and is also being supported by Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. I find it
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
#newcities
14 - Xiong'an New Area in China is a futuristic smart city with autonomous driving buses, digital roads, and data analysis to help with traffic flow. The city offers financial incentives to attract talented professionals such as doctors, scientists,
www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/3...
14 - Xiong'an New Area in China is a futuristic smart city with autonomous driving buses, digital roads, and data analysis to help with traffic flow. The city offers financial incentives to attract talented professionals such as doctors, scientists,
www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/3...
Xiong'an — Welcome to the city of the future
New area enters next stage of high-quality development.
www.chinadailyhk.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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14 - Xiong'an New Area in China is a futuristic smart city with autonomous driving buses, digital roads, and data analysis to help with traffic flow. The city offers financial incentives to attract talented professionals such as doctors, scientists,
www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/3...
14 - Xiong'an New Area in China is a futuristic smart city with autonomous driving buses, digital roads, and data analysis to help with traffic flow. The city offers financial incentives to attract talented professionals such as doctors, scientists,
www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/3...
#newcities
13 - Tatu City is one of Africa's many attempts at urbanization. The city is privately owned, and although experts agree that having the private sector involved is necessary because the government cannot afford these projects, it can be concerning because the
apnews.com/article/keny...
13 - Tatu City is one of Africa's many attempts at urbanization. The city is privately owned, and although experts agree that having the private sector involved is necessary because the government cannot afford these projects, it can be concerning because the
apnews.com/article/keny...
A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor
Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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13 - Tatu City is one of Africa's many attempts at urbanization. The city is privately owned, and although experts agree that having the private sector involved is necessary because the government cannot afford these projects, it can be concerning because the
apnews.com/article/keny...
13 - Tatu City is one of Africa's many attempts at urbanization. The city is privately owned, and although experts agree that having the private sector involved is necessary because the government cannot afford these projects, it can be concerning because the
apnews.com/article/keny...
#newcities
12 - Al-Jawahiri residential city in Iraq was developed in part to address Iraq's housing crisis. Officials have stated that 10-25% of the housing in the city will be "allocated to deserving groups who do not own homes". I want to know more about who
www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-se...
12 - Al-Jawahiri residential city in Iraq was developed in part to address Iraq's housing crisis. Officials have stated that 10-25% of the housing in the city will be "allocated to deserving groups who do not own homes". I want to know more about who
www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-se...
Iraq sets price for Al-Jawahiri residential city at 900k IQD per square meter - Iraqi News
Iraq's Ministry of Housing announces price for new Al-Jawahiri city at 900,000 IQD/sqm. Sales centers now open for this & other new residential city projects.
www.iraqinews.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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12 - Al-Jawahiri residential city in Iraq was developed in part to address Iraq's housing crisis. Officials have stated that 10-25% of the housing in the city will be "allocated to deserving groups who do not own homes". I want to know more about who
www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-se...
12 - Al-Jawahiri residential city in Iraq was developed in part to address Iraq's housing crisis. Officials have stated that 10-25% of the housing in the city will be "allocated to deserving groups who do not own homes". I want to know more about who
www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-se...
#newcities
11 - Belmont is a new planned city outside Arizona. The project is financially backed by Bill Gates and is designed to be a futuristic smart city home to 200,000 people. A spokesperson for the project said, "“Envisioning future infrastructure from
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
11 - Belmont is a new planned city outside Arizona. The project is financially backed by Bill Gates and is designed to be a futuristic smart city home to 200,000 people. A spokesperson for the project said, "“Envisioning future infrastructure from
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
Everyone wants a smart city; Bill Gates builds his own in Arizona
The Arizona desert will soon be home to Belmont, a futuristic smart city right outside of Phoenix, planned along the I-11 freeway that connects the state to Las Vegas, CNN writes.
www.bitdefender.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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11 - Belmont is a new planned city outside Arizona. The project is financially backed by Bill Gates and is designed to be a futuristic smart city home to 200,000 people. A spokesperson for the project said, "“Envisioning future infrastructure from
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
11 - Belmont is a new planned city outside Arizona. The project is financially backed by Bill Gates and is designed to be a futuristic smart city home to 200,000 people. A spokesperson for the project said, "“Envisioning future infrastructure from
www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...
#newcities
10 - Gelephu Mindfulness City is a planned city in Bhutan that is meant provide not only economic development but personal well-being for residents. It will be based on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Philosophy. I find this new city an interesting contrast
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/b...
10 - Gelephu Mindfulness City is a planned city in Bhutan that is meant provide not only economic development but personal well-being for residents. It will be based on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Philosophy. I find this new city an interesting contrast
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/b...
www.cnbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#newcities
10 - Gelephu Mindfulness City is a planned city in Bhutan that is meant provide not only economic development but personal well-being for residents. It will be based on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Philosophy. I find this new city an interesting contrast
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/b...
10 - Gelephu Mindfulness City is a planned city in Bhutan that is meant provide not only economic development but personal well-being for residents. It will be based on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Philosophy. I find this new city an interesting contrast
www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/b...
#newcities
9 - Bitcoin City is a planned new city in El Salvador. Envisioned as a tax-free economic city, many local residents have been displaced to make room for an airport runway to accomodate the new city. The President has promised that the city will bring
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
9 - Bitcoin City is a planned new city in El Salvador. Envisioned as a tax-free economic city, many local residents have been displaced to make room for an airport runway to accomodate the new city. The President has promised that the city will bring
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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9 - Bitcoin City is a planned new city in El Salvador. Envisioned as a tax-free economic city, many local residents have been displaced to make room for an airport runway to accomodate the new city. The President has promised that the city will bring
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
9 - Bitcoin City is a planned new city in El Salvador. Envisioned as a tax-free economic city, many local residents have been displaced to make room for an airport runway to accomodate the new city. The President has promised that the city will bring
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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8 - The Line in Saudi Arabia is being scaled back. Developers are finally acknowledging what has been apparent for a while - the scale and scope of this city project is unattainable. The new Line would house only 300,000 people, instead of the planned
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
8 - The Line in Saudi Arabia is being scaled back. Developers are finally acknowledging what has been apparent for a while - the scale and scope of this city project is unattainable. The new Line would house only 300,000 people, instead of the planned
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
End of The Line? Saudi scales back plan for 100-mile-long megacity in the desert
The Line was unveiled as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan in 2016 – it is now being massively scaled back
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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8 - The Line in Saudi Arabia is being scaled back. Developers are finally acknowledging what has been apparent for a while - the scale and scope of this city project is unattainable. The new Line would house only 300,000 people, instead of the planned
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
8 - The Line in Saudi Arabia is being scaled back. Developers are finally acknowledging what has been apparent for a while - the scale and scope of this city project is unattainable. The new Line would house only 300,000 people, instead of the planned
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
#newcities
7 - Arkadag is a $1.5 billion city project in Turkmenistan. The current President's son stated that the public would be consulted in naming the city, but it was ultimately named after the President's father, a brutal authoritarian leader. Insiders said the
www.rferl.org/a/turkmenist...
7 - Arkadag is a $1.5 billion city project in Turkmenistan. The current President's son stated that the public would be consulted in naming the city, but it was ultimately named after the President's father, a brutal authoritarian leader. Insiders said the
www.rferl.org/a/turkmenist...
Turkmenistan Builds New $1.5 Billion City, Far Removed From Grinding Poverty
Turkmenistan has christened a newly built $1.5 billion city, Arkadag, in honor of ex-president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. It comes less than a year after Berdymukhammedov's son and successor, Serdar Berdymukhammedov, called for a "public discussion" to name the new capital of Akhal Province.
www.rferl.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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7 - Arkadag is a $1.5 billion city project in Turkmenistan. The current President's son stated that the public would be consulted in naming the city, but it was ultimately named after the President's father, a brutal authoritarian leader. Insiders said the
www.rferl.org/a/turkmenist...
7 - Arkadag is a $1.5 billion city project in Turkmenistan. The current President's son stated that the public would be consulted in naming the city, but it was ultimately named after the President's father, a brutal authoritarian leader. Insiders said the
www.rferl.org/a/turkmenist...
#newcities
6 - Forest City is a "ghost city" in Malaysia. Advertised as a "dream paradise", its isolated location and low occupancy rates have made it unappealing and uninviting. People who have already bought units expressed regret and that they felt misled by the -
www.bbc.com/news/busines...
6 - Forest City is a "ghost city" in Malaysia. Advertised as a "dream paradise", its isolated location and low occupancy rates have made it unappealing and uninviting. People who have already bought units expressed regret and that they felt misled by the -
www.bbc.com/news/busines...
Forest City: Inside Malaysia's Chinese-built 'ghost city'
Built during the Chinese property boom, Forest City is a stark reminder of the crisis in the sector.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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6 - Forest City is a "ghost city" in Malaysia. Advertised as a "dream paradise", its isolated location and low occupancy rates have made it unappealing and uninviting. People who have already bought units expressed regret and that they felt misled by the -
www.bbc.com/news/busines...
6 - Forest City is a "ghost city" in Malaysia. Advertised as a "dream paradise", its isolated location and low occupancy rates have made it unappealing and uninviting. People who have already bought units expressed regret and that they felt misled by the -
www.bbc.com/news/busines...
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California Forever is a planned top-down city in Solano County, CA. It's essentially a new company town, where California Forever employees will live and work. This article goes into the difficulties of funding a new city without any tax base to -
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
California Forever is a planned top-down city in Solano County, CA. It's essentially a new company town, where California Forever employees will live and work. This article goes into the difficulties of funding a new city without any tax base to -
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities?
Yearning for a blank slate crosses the ideological spectrum—but sooner or later, new places will face the same old problems.
www.theatlantic.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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California Forever is a planned top-down city in Solano County, CA. It's essentially a new company town, where California Forever employees will live and work. This article goes into the difficulties of funding a new city without any tax base to -
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
California Forever is a planned top-down city in Solano County, CA. It's essentially a new company town, where California Forever employees will live and work. This article goes into the difficulties of funding a new city without any tax base to -
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#newcities
4 - In Guatemala, Cayala is a new city project that stands in stark contrast to other cities in the country. It is orderly, calm, and is filled with shopping options, all under the gaze of private security guards. It is open for all to enter, but living -
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/w...
4 - In Guatemala, Cayala is a new city project that stands in stark contrast to other cities in the country. It is orderly, calm, and is filled with shopping options, all under the gaze of private security guards. It is open for all to enter, but living -
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/w...
New Utopian Enclave? Or a Testament to Inequality? (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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4 - In Guatemala, Cayala is a new city project that stands in stark contrast to other cities in the country. It is orderly, calm, and is filled with shopping options, all under the gaze of private security guards. It is open for all to enter, but living -
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/w...
4 - In Guatemala, Cayala is a new city project that stands in stark contrast to other cities in the country. It is orderly, calm, and is filled with shopping options, all under the gaze of private security guards. It is open for all to enter, but living -
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/w...
#newcities
3 -This article discusses network cities, which are communities that first come together online, then purchase land together to be used as a physical space for the community to live. These communities usually have a guiding principle or shared ideals-
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
3 -This article discusses network cities, which are communities that first come together online, then purchase land together to be used as a physical space for the community to live. These communities usually have a guiding principle or shared ideals-
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Meet Me in the Eternal City
Silicon Valley has always dreamed of building its own utopias. Who’s ready to move in?
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#newcities
3 -This article discusses network cities, which are communities that first come together online, then purchase land together to be used as a physical space for the community to live. These communities usually have a guiding principle or shared ideals-
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
3 -This article discusses network cities, which are communities that first come together online, then purchase land together to be used as a physical space for the community to live. These communities usually have a guiding principle or shared ideals-
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
2 - #newcities
We discussed Egypt's new capital in Week 1 of class, but this article has great photography that emphasizes how borderline dystopian the entire project is. The New Administrative Capital (NAC) is "designed in part to relieve traffic". I have to -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/0...
We discussed Egypt's new capital in Week 1 of class, but this article has great photography that emphasizes how borderline dystopian the entire project is. The New Administrative Capital (NAC) is "designed in part to relieve traffic". I have to -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/0...
Photos: Egypt's New Capital City Megaproject
Images of Egypt’s new, as-yet-unnamed capital city, under construction in the desert
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
2 - #newcities
We discussed Egypt's new capital in Week 1 of class, but this article has great photography that emphasizes how borderline dystopian the entire project is. The New Administrative Capital (NAC) is "designed in part to relieve traffic". I have to -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/0...
We discussed Egypt's new capital in Week 1 of class, but this article has great photography that emphasizes how borderline dystopian the entire project is. The New Administrative Capital (NAC) is "designed in part to relieve traffic". I have to -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/0...
1 - #newcities
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
The Indonesian government plans to move its national capital from Jakarta to a new city called Nusantara. Aside from addressing the chronic flooding that plagues the current capital, Indonesian authorities believe the new capital city will turn-
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
The Indonesian government plans to move its national capital from Jakarta to a new city called Nusantara. Aside from addressing the chronic flooding that plagues the current capital, Indonesian authorities believe the new capital city will turn-
Why Indonesia moved its capital to a jungle hundreds of miles away
The new city, Nusantara, comes as Jakarta continues to sink at a record pace.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1 - #newcities
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
The Indonesian government plans to move its national capital from Jakarta to a new city called Nusantara. Aside from addressing the chronic flooding that plagues the current capital, Indonesian authorities believe the new capital city will turn-
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
The Indonesian government plans to move its national capital from Jakarta to a new city called Nusantara. Aside from addressing the chronic flooding that plagues the current capital, Indonesian authorities believe the new capital city will turn-