Somewhere on the coast of Maine, where there is so much land of have, a city could be built. It would be like the American version of Dubai and would have more things to do than any other American city. It would have an international airport, as well as all kinds of transportation lines. It would also have huge commercial, industrial, and residential sections.
However, the biggest part of the city's economy, would be tourism and leisure entertainment. It would include all kinds of golf courses, shopping malls, museums, zoos/aquariums, theme parks/waterparks, casinos, hotels, resorts, and much more. There would also be a massive sports complex, housing multi-purpose venues and other recreational facilities. The city would also be home to a state fair much larger than Maine's Bangor State Fair (which would have more rides than the Texas State Fair, Hull Fair, and Oktoberfest combined). There would even be many different haunted attractions there, both seasonal and annual.
The theme parks there would include a Cedar Fair park bigger than Cedar Point, a Six Flags Park, an Asian themed Busch Gardens, a Seaworld, a Universal theme park, a Disney park bigger than WDW, and a Legoland. Some theme parks would also have sister parks. There would even be some standalone waterparks like Schlitterbahn.
Of course, there would also be many special streets (like Niagara Falls' Clifton Hill) that would have all kinds of interesting attractions, shops, and restaurants. There would also be different marinas as well as a huge port for cruise lines (like Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Disney Cruise Line). It could even have a massive ferris while that rivals the London Eye.
What else do you think it should have?
And how will you fund all of this? How will you add your city to the power grid, sewage system, water system, motorways, etc?
Waterparks and golf courses are cool and everything but tourism places generally need to be warm, Maine is covered in snow 5 months of the year and is cold 7 of them.
A thread about making a hypothetical city better.
Jesus, OP. You are interested in some dull shit.
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I forgot to mention that it would have some arcologies there.
You don't put something great somewhere and expect people to go to it. You put something great where people already go.
Congratulations OP. You just invented Florida.
At 6/12/11 10:34 PM, MJOLNIRchief90 wrote: You don't put something great somewhere and expect people to go to it. You put something great where people already go.
Congratulations OP. You just invented Florida.
It would certainly make places like Orlando seem boring.
At 6/12/11 10:37 PM, VGmasters wrote:At 6/12/11 10:34 PM, MJOLNIRchief90 wrote: You don't put something great somewhere and expect people to go to it. You put something great where people already go.It would certainly make places like Orlando seem boring.
Congratulations OP. You just invented Florida.
No. Listen Stupid. You missed my point. Your idea is ill-conceived and won't work. Maine is small, out of the way, has few people and is cold. If anyone wanted any of the things in Maine that you talked about, they'd have built it.
Face it, your state sucks. Get back to ravaging the ocean as best you can so you can just barely get by.
I'll be in Wisconsin with my cheese, super bowl trophy, corn, and moderate levels of manufacturing.
Maine doesn't need a city, its perfectly fine the way it is.
At 6/12/11 10:15 PM, VGmasters wrote: Somewhere on the coast of Maine, where there is so much land of have, a city could be built. It would be like the American version of Dubai and would have more things to do than any other American city. It would have an international airport, as well as all kinds of transportation lines. It would also have huge commercial, industrial, and residential sections.
Exactly how would this be funded? It would require the donations of billionaires and millionaires in an economy that is driving the value of the dollar down. I doubt you could sell the idea of a utopia in the sinkhole of the modern day USA.
However, the biggest part of the city's economy, would be tourism and leisure entertainment.
Read above. With the collapse of the current market, increasing numbers of individuals are having their homes foreclosed, and the unemployment rates are going up. The only people who would go to this magic city of yours would be the people who already vacation, and it would have to compete with previously established tourism beasts offshore, which would in turn harm THEIR governments and economies. If there would ever be a way to destroy a large portion of rising nation's economies, this would be it. Providing even more competition.
The theme parks there would include
No, man. Just no. Scroll up. Where would the funding for this come from, and could you even imagine the cost of a place that has EVERYTHING? The main reason the average joe can afford to go to places like six flags and cedar point is because its JUST six flags, or its JUST cedar point. If they had it all in one, they'd have to pay for all of it in one place, effectively destroying any possibility of reasonable tourism. Not to mention that these competing theme parks would be occupying tourists for the duration of their stay, creating a stagnate market at this location where certain theme parks would quickly fail, unless you have a magic fix for that too.
Of course, there would also be many special streets (like Niagara Falls' Clifton Hill) that would have all kinds of interesting attractions, shops, and restaurants. There would also be different marinas as well as a huge port for cruise lines (like Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Disney Cruise Line). It could even have a massive ferris while that rivals the London Eye.
For the same reasons as above, these things wouldn't work. People simply don't have the money or the time to do it all at once. If an average wealthy middle class American went there and didn't have to worry about cash, they still would be incredibly discouraged by the choices and size of such a place. Unless we all found a magic way to take month long vacations with unlimited incomes to spend on the plethora of options there, we'd be fucked and we would leave always wondering if it would have been better to go to site A instead of site B.
What else do you think it should have?
What do I think it SHOULDN'T have, that is. I think if you knocked off half of these attractions and created an independent economy that wasn't so dependent on foreign traffic and tourism the city could stand on it's own two feet. Namely, focus on agriculture and power plants so the city would be self sufficient, then worry about attracting new folks with other means. Ideally these attractions would not be theme parks, which would bring in uneducated thrill seekers, but colleges and libraries to attract the educated masses and create a virtual utopia.
But then again, all that funding, and in today's economy... I just don't see it.
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Great another thing we need to blow off our so little resources for money.
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Sure OP let's just pull building permits, billions of dollars, and a government to run this city right out our asses. Would you like a blowjob and a ham sandwich as well because this is fucking Disneyworld where you get what you want no questions asked.
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At 6/12/11 10:54 PM, Astronesthes wrote: Ideally these attractions would not be theme parks, which would bring in uneducated thrill seekers, but colleges and libraries to attract the educated masses and create a virtual utopia.
It can certainly have colleges (including an Ivy League school) and libraries too, as well as different power plants.
Why Maine exactly? There's way more suitable places in the US where we could build a 2nd Dubai if we had the resources and easy obtaining of building permits and labors laws like the UAE.
At 6/12/11 11:41 PM, All-American-Badass wrote: Why Maine exactly? There's way more suitable places in the US where we could build a 2nd Dubai if we had the resources and easy obtaining of building permits and labors laws like the UAE.
Because there are many people that find the place boring and that there isn't enough to do there. Having a place like this would really make people want to go there. It would make the state a more entertaining place. Also, it could increase the state's population and the northeast would be able to have another major city other than Boston.
Another place the city would have is an area that has beaches, boardwalks, and amusement piers, just like Seaside Heights, Wildwood, and Atlantic City.
At 6/12/11 11:46 PM, VGmasters wrote:At 6/12/11 11:41 PM, All-American-Badass wrote: Why Maine exactly? There's way more suitable places in the US where we could build a 2nd Dubai if we had the resources and easy obtaining of building permits and labors laws like the UAE.Because there are many people that find the place boring and that there isn't enough to do there. Having a place like this would really make people want to go there. It would make the state a more entertaining place. Also, it could increase the state's population and the northeast would be able to have another major city other than Boston.
Well the Northeast also has NYC as a major city, and it doesn't get more major than NYC. Also you didn't take in consideration that Maine's coastline is mostly very rocky and rough terrain wise, Dubai is just flat which is idea for making a Metropolis. Also i think most of is is also protected land.
At 6/13/11 12:00 AM, All-American-Badass wrote: Well the Northeast also has NYC as a major city, and it doesn't get more major than NYC. Also you didn't take in consideration that Maine's coastline is mostly very rocky and rough terrain wise, Dubai is just flat which is idea for making a Metropolis. Also i think most of is is also protected land.
Well I'm sure there are certain areas that are flat. Since you mentioned NYC, I was talking about the New England Area of the northeast states.
At 6/13/11 12:38 AM, VGmasters wrote:At 6/13/11 12:00 AM, All-American-Badass wrote: Well the Northeast also has NYC as a major city, and it doesn't get more major than NYC. Also you didn't take in consideration that Maine's coastline is mostly very rocky and rough terrain wise, Dubai is just flat which is idea for making a Metropolis. Also i think most of is is also protected land.Well I'm sure there are certain areas that are flat. Since you mentioned NYC, I was talking about the New England Area of the northeast states.
I personally checked the terrain feature on Google Maps around Maine's coastline, there ain't much that hasn't already been taken up by Portsmouth and Portland.
At 6/13/11 12:48 AM, All-American-Badass wrote: I personally checked the terrain feature on Google Maps around Maine's coastline, there ain't much that hasn't already been taken up by Portsmouth and Portland.
In that case, the best alternative for it could be somewhere it Rhode Island. You know, an enormous city in a tiny state lol.
At 6/13/11 12:57 AM, VGmasters wrote:
In that case, the best alternative for it could be somewhere it Rhode Island. You know, an enormous city in a tiny state lol.
You're just pickin at crumbs now aren't you.
Also, the place would have a large safari park as well as a top-rate planetarium. It would also have some very elaborate gardens.
As for the shopping malls, they would be incredibly massive. They would include things like indoor ski areas, IMAX theaters, indoor theme parks/waterparks, ice rinks, and thousands of different stores and places. They would include other stuff like Chuck E Cheeses and Dave & Busters.
At 6/13/11 01:39 AM, VGmasters wrote: Also, the place would have a large safari park as well as a top-rate planetarium. It would also have some very elaborate gardens.
You can't have a safari park in Maine, the animals' asses would freeze off.
Then I guess it's better to have it somewhere in Mississippi since it's down south.
At 6/13/11 12:23 PM, VGmasters wrote: Then I guess it's better to have it somewhere in Mississippi since it's down south.
The thing is in America if you want to have a Dubai like city you'd have to build it on the plains or abandoned desert, there's just not enough room on any of the coast lines for such a city to be built. Vegas is the perfect example of what im talking about.
At 6/12/11 10:18 PM, iateamexican wrote: Good thing money doesn't exist.
The movement is gaining momentum
At 6/13/11 12:29 PM, All-American-Badass wrote:At 6/13/11 12:23 PM, VGmasters wrote: Then I guess it's better to have it somewhere in Mississippi since it's down south.The thing is in America if you want to have a Dubai like city you'd have to build it on the plains or abandoned desert, there's just not enough room on any of the coast lines for such a city to be built. Vegas is the perfect example of what im talking about.
Yeah, but Vegas isn't on the coast. There's more stuff you can put on if you have it right by the ocean.
I say we just give Maine to Canada. No one gives a shit about it.
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