IDEAL CITY

Just some ideas off the top of my head...

- 100% renewable energy, solar panels and wind turbines everywhere.

- Zero-tolerance policing, like they've done in New York.

- Ban on chewing gum, heavy fines for litter.

- Massive areas of the city would be dedicated to greenery, parks, monuments and public spaces.

- Public transport would receive massive levels of funding and at least 90% of residents would use it.

- No height limits for skyscrapers.

wjfox2002 said:

- Ban on chewing gum, heavy fines for litter.

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beautiful, i can see that working.

wjfox2002 said:

Well, it seems to work in Singapore. The streets are virtually spotless.

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Singapore probably most closely fits the defenition of the 'Ideal City.' It was ranked by USA Today as the number one city to do business in, its almost - if not - crime free, and it's the cleanest city I have ever been to, bar none.

zachus22 said:

Have politically-aware children running an ethnically diverse city.
...If my instincts serve me correctly, this thread is going to be HUGE.

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I couldn't have said it better.

A city where everyone is at home. A mix of New York, London, Paris, with the avant garde-ness of Berlin. A few Melbourne style lane-ways, the liberal attitude of Copenhagen.

A fantastic transport system and some great buildings wouldn't hurt either.

No racism, sexism, homophobia, intolerance or prejudice. Students exploring new ideas of how society should be interpreted and how capitalism and humanity should co-exist.

I know I'm dreaming.

Architecturally: Like Paris

Multiculturally: Like New York

Nightlife: Like Buenos Aires

Clean: Like Singapore

Green: Like dunno

Transportation: "Almost" no cars, an efficient subway, tramways... and bikes everywhere (like amsterdam)

I think that's all for now, maybe later i'll add some more details of course

Well...

An extensive public transportation network

Lots and lots of greenery.

Diverse and yet still placid.

Good schools

Architecturally appealing

Some kind of water: a river, a lake, a coastline...

Affordable (probably a little hard, I think this city would be expensive).

airsound said:

Multiculturally: Like New York

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NYC has levels of segregation acc. to the 2000 census on worse levels than the 1960s, and getting worse. Its on a par with apartheid era South Africa .

ok here goes

Paris/Rome/Prague, with a Kowloon 'district' and an ancient Fez/Sanaa district. Venice as an offshore island, Rio de Janeiro's topography, Sydney's Bay. The ruined cities of Pagan and Angkor in the countryside around.
Moscow's underground, London's cosmopolitanism, parks, theatres and clubs, Madrid's bars, Tokyo's earnings, population and fashions, NYC's shopping, MOMA and business sector, Bangkok's society, Cape Town's weather, Amsterdam's city council, Cairo's crime rate, Kyoto's temples, Berlin's art scene, Florence's galleries, Paris's food, Beijing's Olympic park and Istanbul's markets/souks.

oh and throw in the Taj Mahal while ur at it, cheers.

and maybe Burj Dubai

and the Potala Palace.

Oh wow, this one hell of a question, and will probably be one hell of a thread.

Perfect city, mmm -

architecture like Paris and New York,

street layout like Paris, e.g leafy boulevards, avenues

hustle and bustle of London, also with huge parks and other public spaces,

geography of San Francisco to give plenty of nice panoramas and different leveled suburbs, (maybe around a bay?)

same easy going vibe and accepting like Toronto,
plenty of public transport, utilities and health care
healthy for business (bring in the taxes and build those skyscrapers)

perfect question for the field of imagination:

architecturallythe city should be like central St.Petersburg and Vienna and a monumental city centre like in Ancient Rome, with a New York/Chicago skyscraper district. Wide shaded boulevards, huge pedestrian areas. Enormous Hyde Park/Central Park/ Versailles like open areas for recreation and relaxation. Palace cmplexes with even more parks near the city or in it (like Nymphenburg in Munich). There should also be an extensive subway and S-Bahn system, a mix between Berlin and Moscow. There have to be at least two or three ring roads resembling more the Champs-Elysees than a highway. Let's not forget a harbour district much like Hamburg/Amsterdam.
There should be a ban on smooking, littering, petrol (only alternative power sources ) and ugly buildings

Paris/Milan fashion, Barcelona/Ibiza night clubs, NYC/London/Tokyo economy, France/Italy/Russia museums and galleries, Hamptons/Beverly Hills-like suburbs, German railway, Frankfurt airport.