A cyber-community must be dense enough
to enable growth of a viable local economy
Why is this so
In the United States we suffer from
too much dispersion in rural areas
No local economy can thrive there
In our metro areas
a combination of zoning
and concentration
inhibits the growth of natural
economies
A reasonable density for a viable local
economy
is between 5,000 and 10,000
Such populations can support
local versions of
commercial
residential
cultural
educational
health
and recreational
facilities
These can be staffed by local people
A viable local economy will need in the future
to generate its own energy
When a community is dense enough
and is free of most or all automobile traffic
it can develop new ways of
energy generation
even including energy generated by
human activity
and human interaction with
such things as
turbines
and pendulums
developed for fitness
and play purposes
In the future people will choose diversity
characteristic of cities
in preference to monochromatic
stratified sprawl existence
Communities as envisioned here
can exist in close proximity
