Hacker News with Generative AI: Future Cities

Toyota completes phase 1 construction of futuristic city (nhk.or.jp)
Toyota Motor has completed the first phase construction of a futuristic city southwest of Tokyo that will weave new technologies into urban living.
Toyota, Urban Planning, Future Cities, Technology
72 points by 1970-01-01 36 days ago | 83 comments
Financially, Saudi Arabia is flying by the seat of its pants. But how longer? (middleeasteye.net)
Saudi Arabia's most extravagant and outrageous giga-project - the futuristic city called "Neom", carved out of the country's northwest border region - is trying a reboot after funding and other challenges over the past year appeared to put key elements of Neom in jeopardy.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, Construction, Future Cities
3 points by Qem 95 days ago | 1 comments
The Line (and why it's bad) (urbanproxima.com)
The Line is the mega-city of the future, or so Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman (aka MBS) would have us believe. Part of the Saudi government’s Vision 2030 initiative, the project originally claimed it could spin up a 9 million-person city in the middle of the desert.
Urban Planning, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Future Cities
7 points by paulpauper 183 days ago | 0 comments