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Besides Disney are there any other examples of "futuristic" cities?

Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, springs to mind. The 1930s World Fairs held in New York and San Francisco. I’ll probably have a facepalm-why-didn’t-that-other-one-occur-to-me moment after I hit ‘submit’, but that’s what’s come to mind so far. I’m a bit addled this morning.

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi is probably the closest modern equivalent to Epcot’s original vision, though it's debatable how much of the master plan will actually be built. Songdo (near Seoul) is less sci-fi-ish but much farther along in development.

As an aside, Niemeyer's buildings in Brasilia - particularly the cathedral and the palace - are phenomenal pieces of civc architecture.

songdo is nice to live in, but it didn't have good enough public transit / highway to seoul...

(1 / time-to-reach-seoul == your house price)

Airports, maybe.

Dubai?

Some wealthy cities look like that from a distance, due to monumental architecture, but the illusion often breaks down at ground level. Dubai, Singapore, etc.

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