City Gurus Want To Urban Plan Mars

Published 02/25/2024 · Updated 06/10/2024

The over-enthusiastic urbanists at Planetizen have really gone off the rails now.

Not only does the idealistic website want to plan all the joy out of cities, now it wants to urban plan Mars … seriously:

It seems like every billionaire nowadays wants to send ships to colonize Mars. Then, when they arrive, they want to build a city. In the case of Elon Musk, it’s not just one city, but a network of cities for millions of people. Musk could sure use the advice of an urban planner.

The planning and building of cities all over Earth is considered by many to be humankind’s most important accomplishment, perhaps only to be surpassed by such a feat on another planet. But if a bunch of billionaires (and maybe government space agencies) are going to try make a go of living on the Red Planet, some urban planning tips might be helpful.

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