I was expecting it to be artist residences on cargo ships like http://www.containerartistresidency01.org/about/
This is way more dystopian though. Cool.
The World – Residences at Sea
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#12There are few things on this planet that I despise more than cruise ships. Be it the small Italian coastal towns, the beautiful fjords in Norway, tropical islands, wherever they go, it's like a swarm of locusts completely overwhelming those places. We once were in Norway at a Fjord and there was a cruise ship taking a tour. The Fjord was filled to the top with smoke from the f*%#ng ship's chimney.
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#13How much are they?
I looked at this too.. But didn't find any info, meaning either "too expensive for you if you need to ask" or "we'd rather determine how gullible you are before quoting you a rate individually tailored to fuck you over as much as humanly possible"
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#15You're locked in a shopping mall subject to Bahamas law with an HOA on steroids and on top of it all you may encounter pirates or sink, assuming the operator doesn't go bankrupt first.
Plus your house has to be docked or dry docked for long periods of time for maintenance and you have to share "your" vessel with hundreds of other people.
You could buy one hell of a yacht in your own jurisdiction for what they're asking.
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#16I don't wanna know the carbon dioxide emissions per person year for those. Wait, I do.
If you have to ask, you can’t afford it
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#17There are few things on this planet that I despise more than cruise ships. Be it the small Italian coastal towns, the beautiful fjords in Norway, tropical islands, wherever they go, it's like a swarm of locusts completely overwhelming those places. We once were in Norway at a Fjord and there was a cruise ship taking a tour. The Fjord was filled to the top with smoke from the f*%#ng ship's chimney.
care and motorbikes are much worse
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#18There are few things on this planet that I despise more than cruise ships. Be it the small Italian coastal towns, the beautiful fjords in Norway, tropical islands, wherever they go, it's like a swarm of locusts completely overwhelming those places. We once were in Norway at a Fjord and there was a cruise ship taking a tour. The Fjord was filled to the top with smoke from the f*%#ng ship's chimney.
I sincerely hope that all cruise ship business assets sink without anyone on board and no toxic waste stored in the most suitable part of the oceans to form a reef reminiscent of the gardens of babel. Horrible for the environment and horrible for those working on them.
That being said, what a magnificent piece of engineering, creating a vessel sustaining so many people in the middle of the part of the planet that comes only second to deserts for the worst place to be in for surviving. Such waste of brilliant engineering...
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#20I looked into MS The World nearly a decade ago. Back then they would only consider you if you had a net worth of at least $10mm.
I was on their mailing list for a while, and every month they would have a new cabin for sale, complete with PDF brochure including a floor plan for the deck it was on.
You could rent a cabin for a short stay if you wanted. I forget how much the yearly dues were if you owned a residence.