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I came up with some ideas a year or two ago : http://tinyvillages.org
Fun! But what if I want to learn tuba or practice opera singing? (Not trolling you, I really mean this.)
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Fun! But what if I want to learn tuba or practice opera singing? (Not trolling you, I really mean this.)
I think what you are implying is that since the buildings are close together there will be a noise pollution issue. Obviously little buildings are not going to be adequate for everything like an orchestra or opera performance. So that isn't meant to apply to every single building. But as far as practicing those things, generally there is sound proofing in those types of music practice rooms, and also I have suggested…
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Fun! But what if I want to learn tuba or practice opera singing? (Not trolling you, I really mean this.)
There's plenty of sound dampening low tech solutions and social norms that work just fine. Hopefully there's a whole population of the orchestra to create specialized architecture.
Examples? I sing opera and live in a big house on an acre, and it still reaches the neighbors.
That's not easy. Take public transit, for instance. Arguably, that would be a good thing to change - supply fast, frequent, convenient public transit. But how would you do it? US cities (with few exceptions) have reached a stable equilibrium where cars are necessary because there's no convenient transit, there's no transit because the city doesn't have the density to make it worthwhile, and it can't have the density…
If the citizens do want it, you can just gradually make private car ownership more expensive and less convenient vs public transit.
Anecdotally many anti-public transit opinions from US folks seem to be around having the less well-to-do present in buses, complaints about hygiene and/or safety. So maybe improve the social safety net at the same time, or go full classist and have separate 1st class & 2nd class compartments.
I think Jacque Fresco's idea with the Venus Project is worth pondering: https://www.thevenusproject.com/ . I wish the philosophy makes it in new cities being built now. Whatever it may be, we need to live alongside nature and make sure the city produces waste that can be broken down by nature readily, and at the same time it must be a symbiotic relationship.
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There's plenty of sound dampening low tech solutions and social norms that work just fine. Hopefully there's a whole population of the orchestra to create specialized architecture.
> sound dampening low tech solutions and social norms that work just fine Examples? I sing opera and live in a big house on an acre, and it still reaches the neighbors.