Group Flannery Associates, backed by prominent investors, quietly buy 55,000 acres of farmland in northern California

After weeks of local speculation, the purchasers of 55,000 acres of northern California land have been revealed. The group Flannery Associates – backed by a cohort of Silicon Valley investors – has quietly purchased $800m worth of agricultural and empty land, the New York Times has reported. Their goal is to build a utopian new town that will offer its thousands of residents reliable public transportation and urban living, all of which would operate using clean energy.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I bet they’ll act like people who move next to a farm and complain about the smell.

      “Hiiii, we’re your neighbors down the road. Do you think you could not fly your little airplanes around? They’re awfully loud. Thanks bunches!”