Cities of Tomorrow

[Church]

Not sure if this goes in this section, admin move if needed.

Well I was watching this show on the Discovery Channel about building a giant dome over Houstin, it would be self-cooling, keeps bad weather out, etc.

Would you like it if something like this was built around your town? Would you hate it? Love it? Ignore it? Post what you think about it.

[scuba steve]

no i would hate it not even getting a summer breeze plus it could be like an imprisonment for people as there would be doors to get in and out, it would also lead to mental instability for cloustraphobic people etc

[Aneklusmos]

I would find it a bit disturbing. I mean maybe if it was only put up during a storm or national disaster. otherwise i would want to be able to feel the breeze and stuff

[Church]

Air would still move etc. Not like its stale in there.

[Sage]

I couldn't think of a more visually unsettling speck on the landscape than a giant dome.

[Church]

Actually it would be hard to see at a distant

[scuba steve]

this is so stupid it just reminds me of the simpsons movie

[Church]

this is so stupid it just reminds me of the simpsons movie

It seems you never really have anything to add to the topic.

[Modus Operandi]

Hmm, dunno really. For a hurricane prone place like dallas it seems like a pretty good idea.

[scuba steve]

It seems you never really have anything to add to the topic.

what do you mean i don't have anything to add to this topic i gave you my full ideas on the idea before anywone else and truthfully the idea does sound stupid, even if it was over hurricane prone areas you just have to let nature take it's course and if the people don't like it then they can move

[optimashprime]

Not sure if this goes in this section, admin move if needed.

Well I was watching this show on the Discovery Channel about building a giant dome over Houstin, it would be self-cooling, keeps bad weather out, etc.

Would you like it if something like this was built around your town? Would you hate it? Love it? Ignore it? Post what you think about it.

i think it would be good

but i also think it may start to feel like a prison after a while i know you will be allowed to leave but still it seems strange

[scuba steve]

i think it would be good

but i also think it may start to feel like a prison after a while i know you will be allowed to leave but still it seems strange

thats exactly what i said but the church guy hasn't criticised u

[optimashprime]

lol

i dont go to church because im not religious

[scuba steve]

me neither it bores the bejesus outa me

[optimashprime]

lol

i only like the history of religion

[scuba steve]

religion sucks altogether the only good think thats came out of it is the monarchy of Britain

[optimashprime]

lol it has been interesting though

any way back to the piont at hand or we will get in trouble

[scuba steve]

religion causes wars and phony relationships between nations

[optimashprime]

i know

can we get back to the subject

[scuba steve]

o yea sure this dome is stupid all the crops will die and terrorist could cut off the oxygen supply


hey it rhymes hahaha

[optimashprime]

lol your a poet and you didnt know it

you have a good piont though what happens if a terrorist did that ??

[rainebg]

lol your a poet and you didnt know it

you have a good piont though what happens if a terrorist did that ??

There would most likely be a mass evacuation. It's not like the oxygen would be depleted in minuted it would take hours maybe even days so no one wold die. also the Air supplies would probably be well guarded.

[Mzor203]

I'm one of the twisted individuals who would enjoy having a big dome over their head. I dunno why, but it appeals to me. I like to feel like I'm surrounded (thus a reason why I like cloudy weather, it feels like the sky is closer to me and surrounding me.)

To the skeptics, it's not like you'd be trapped. It would probably be ventilated, and thus be rather open in times of non-emergency. There would really be no practical way to cut off the oxygen supply, and it would be harder to do most of the things terrorists do because it would just be less open on the whole. Harder to crash a plane into a building when there's a big dome protecting you as well.

But that's me. I'm weird.

[scuba steve]

yea but im sure that they would attempt to captivate it for their own demands.

and im slightly aggraphobic and i still hate the idea, i like cloudy weather though makes me feel safer lol

[optimashprime]

i like sun not too much but just enough to warm me up

[Oblivion]

It might be kind of nice, but I wouldn't like to live there. It'd be sad, really.

[optimashprime]

no colour the sky would look fake

[Whisper]

http://www.ottens.co.uk/gatehouse/user/files/Shimizu%20Mega-City%20Pyramid.gif
clicky clicky (http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/pyramidcity/interactive/interactive.html)

[optimashprime]

thats cool

what would the inside look like

[scuba steve]

i think that would be creepy and your local window cleaner would become a millionaire lmao

[optimashprime]

lol

blind sales go though the roof

[Whisper]

thats cool

what would the inside look like

it was actually really cool allot of the tubes are hollow for rapid public transport gardens everywhere etc...
It was an hour long thing on discovery ages ago

Meet Freedom Ship

http://www.ired.com/pix/news/mkt/freedom%20ship.jpg
http://www.freedomship.com/freedomship/gallery/new/bow_low.jpg
http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/freedom-ship-old-floating-city-design.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/319387996_be255d5bd2_o.jpg
http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/Freedom%20Ship.jpg

Envision an ideal place to live or run a business, a friendly, safe and secure community with large areas of open space and extensive entertainment and recreational facilities. Finally, picture this community continually moving around the world. You are beginning to understand the Freedom Ship concept of a massive ocean-going vessel. With a design length of 4,500 feet, a width of 750 feet, and a height of 350 feet, Freedom Ship would be more than 4 times longer than the Queen Mary. The design concepts include a mobile modern city featuring luxurious living, an extensive duty-free international shopping mall, and a full 1.7 million square foot floor set aside for various companies to showcase their products.
Freedom Ship would not be a cruise ship, it is proposed to be a unique place to live, work, retire, vacation, or visit. The proposed voyage would continuously circle the globe, covering most of the world's coastal regions. Its large fleet of commuter aircraft and hydrofoils would ferry residents and visitors to and from shore. The airport on the ship's top deck would serve private and small commercial aircraft (up to about 40 passengers each). The proposed vessel's superstructure, rising twenty-five stories above its broad main deck, would house residential space, a library, schools, and a first-class hospital in addition to retail and wholesale shops, banks, hotels, restaurants, entertainment facilities, casinos, offices, warehouses, and light manufacturing and assembly enterprises. Finally, this concept would include a wide array of recreational and athletic facilities, worthy of a world-class resort, making Freedom Ship a veritable "Community on the Sea."

http://www.freedomship.com/freedomship/overview/overview.shtml




There's a ton of different ideas for futuristic cities

[scuba steve]

so its a giant city cruise ship type thing fully furbished with every citizens needs to survive the rising tides of the worlds oceons. complete with airport on top ideal for bringing in supplys and attacking your hostile neighbours north korea in mind

[optimashprime]

these are too cool lol

[Perseus]

The whole dome thing reminds me of basically having a wall around the city like during colonial time and medeival time periods. Good for protection, but it'd get very strange after a while.