| Second Life has some expensive real estate | | | | from other first world nations to live in the |
| indeed and there are all types of new cities | | | | futuristic city, they most likely will want to have |
| springing up. So what do these would be city | | | | cars? Having been involved in Ride Share |
| planners have in mind online? Well here is an | | | | Programs, TMAs and watched the difficulty in |
| interesting question considering the Global | | | | trying to get people to carpool, not having cars |
| Warming and CO2 issues; Should there be cars, | | | | might be a tough one for present period cyber or |
| shouldn't there be; asks one innovative thinker. | | | | virtual humans to take. And since this is all make |
| Well, I do not know much about this city, but if it | | | | believe; if on our perfect island community people |
| is an city or even an island without a country, and | | | | are allowed to live forever, then they would be in |
| the island is small then NO, but depending on the | | | | good shape and they could walk it is only 3 miles |
| age of the population some people might need | | | | square no problem. |
| transportation. Now most futuristic cities in | | | | A transportation system could pick up the slack |
| Second life do have public transportation and bullet | | | | sometimes if it was hot and muggy, people were |
| trains and there can be centralized transportation | | | | wearing dress clothes in the humidity. Is banning |
| of course, especially things like subways, if | | | | cars from the city of the future a viable option? |
| high-density warrants that. | | | | Well if it truly is in the future probably not. Why, |
| If the city is large like Los Angeles then without | | | | well because the people on the island would be |
| cars it gets tough, but if the density is like NYC | | | | free to create and probably be designing new |
| then it makes a lot of sense to skip the cars and | | | | transportation devices, flying cars for the world |
| use that space for other more appropriate uses. | | | | and be a knowledge based society, so you cannot |
| If it is an Island City like Plato's legendary "Atlantis" | | | | outlaw them, but they are not needed either. |
| well then it can be whatever you make of it. | | | | Again, we must consider health issues too. Does |
| What if it is a large island like Guam, Cuba, Puerto | | | | your future city in Second Life have universal |
| Rico, Iceland, well then you might rethink that idea | | | | health care? If so you know that people who |
| of no cars. Indeed, even the Online Think Tank | | | | walk 3 miles a day live 10-years longer, those are |
| does not have enough details to answer that | | | | healthy habits and that is a good thing. Lots to |
| questions of course. | | | | think on, so good look rebuilding human habitats in |
| Why not have cars? | | | | your Second Virtual Life. |
| Well, let us say that the inhabitants are coming | | | | |