A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco::A company called Flannery Associates has been buying up land in Solano County for up to $15,000 per acre, court documents show.

  • RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m sure housing will be super affordable for all those service industry workers that will be needed to keep this place running. /s

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    Funny that before the identities of the buyers was known, everyone’s go to theory was that it was a nefarious CCP plot.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    We should let them build this and then build high speed rail lines directly through the richest, whitest neighborhood to make up for all the 20th century’s city planning decisions.

    And before you wanna have principled or reasonable opposition to my plan, think about how funny it would be to eminent domain the investors’ luxury condo building(s). America needs a good laugh sometimes too.