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That's why I like the idea of doing these sorts of projects in the deserts - where the zoning and county codes are often a lot more lenient, and you can be far enough away from anyone else that NIMBYism is almost nonexistent. I've been contemplating the idea of desert hacker communities for a long time, and may move forward with that at some point (anyone else interested in chatting about it, feel free to reach out).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti !

I know Arcosanti (visited in 2013), and have studied a bit about its history.

Unfortunately the project has been essentially a failure. It was supposed to become self-sustaining and reach 5,000 people, instead at its peak it reached less than 100. Great idea though.

That's awesome - I like the idea that the bell-making business was baked in from the start. I think the same could be done with software development or some sort of SaaS instead of bell-making.

I'll reach out, I've considered similar ideas for a awhile now.

Cool - my email is in my profile. If there's a few people interested, we can put a small chat group together. If nothing else, this kind of thing is fun to talk about.

Where will you get water?

Ideally by purchasing property that already has a capped well on it, or by drilling a well. If you go to the right places in the California deserts, water isn't even that deep.

It's also possible to haul water in - and that's what a lot of people do. There are services that will truck in a few thousand gallons of water and put it in your tank.

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