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Create a city from scratch for 100,000 people

You have 50 square miles of undeveloped land and $10 billion. Design a new city from scratch for 100,000 residents. What do you optimize for? What do you sacrifice?

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The brief

Solve it in plain text with any AI you like, in about 10 to 20 minutes. A judge scores how you reasoned, not whether you matched an answer.

Planned cities have a mixed record: Brasilia is functional but sterile, Songdo is smart but soulless, Masdar City was abandoned. Organic cities (Paris, Tokyo) evolved over centuries. Can you get the best of both? Remote work means residents don't need local employment.

Constraints

Budget: $10B total ($100K per resident)
Must be carbon-neutral from day one
Must attract residents voluntarily (not assigned)
Must have a viable economic base

What a strong answer does

Livability and community design
Economic sustainability
Environmental innovation
Lessons learned from failed planned cities

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