Goldenages Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Interesting: https://freeprivatecities.com/ Searching for the valley of John Galt? regards Andi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofd Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 *cough* Galt's Gulch in Chile *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarterthanone Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Cannot be done legally in any place other than like Somalia. It can be done illegally but good luck finding investors for that. I am planning to build my own soon actually but it will be done via illegal contracts. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Lawrence Moore Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Guess they're advertising on the internet as the best places to invade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarterthanone Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Thanks for down voting me @Goldenages, simply for disagreeing with your post. No country anywhere would ever give up any part or portion of its sovereignty. Concept as stated (legal) is dead on arrival. Now you could only allow people in who you test and who completely fit your ideology. Then you can trust they will follow the "purpose" of the city. Rules, be productive, etc. Or you could reward and punish people via illegal eviction, or other illegal means. But as soon as they run off to the country police you are in trouble. Also, how will you avoid taxes? You can't, not legally anyway. On a very small level barter or some kind of non currency exchange would work, but technically you are responsible for paying taxes on barter. So the individual person is probably safe from tax collection but if you are facilitating it for a whole city, you are going to get thrown in the slammer. This is the major reason why I don't think this can legally be done. Now illegally, yes. Absolutely. I plan on doing this myself. Not in such a way to break the law but none of the contracts are legally enforceable. It will rely on social ostracism alone to enforce the contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenages Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 18 hours ago, smarterthanone said: Thanks for down voting me @Goldenages, simply for disagreeing with your post. N I did not vote you down. Why should I? I do not disagree with your post. regards Andi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarterthanone Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Goldenages said: I did not vote you down. Why should I? I do not disagree with your post. regards Andi My bad. I got a notification and assumed it was you (and I think it was undone). What do you think about the cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenages Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I find it interesting that the idea is alive, and at least some try to make it real. But there are good reasons to be sceptical. It all depends on how bad the situation becomes in the common nations - when people start eating zoo animals they won´t keep their fingers off the rich and wealthy neighbours, especially when they are small and unarmed. regards Andi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarterthanone Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 They really need to be well funded until they become very established. They need walls and security guards and systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsbrads Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Actually a city near Los Angeles used a legal way to create a corporate city. They zoned a voting area which included non-residential commercial buildings and Gerrymandered in one house. Buy up a large piece of land, incorporate, and zone as many voting areas as you want, so long as you keep 51% of the vote locked to you, no other vote matters. I want to design the roads, I have some cool ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamynKing Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/14/2017 at 8:26 PM, Jsbrads said: Actually a city near Los Angeles used a legal way to create a corporate city. They zoned a voting area which included non-residential commercial buildings and Gerrymandered in one house. Buy up a large piece of land, incorporate, and zone as many voting areas as you want, so long as you keep 51% of the vote locked to you, no other vote matters. I want to design the roads, I have some cool ideas. what is it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsbrads Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I think that was The City of Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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