If there were one giant city for all humans on earth, where would it be located

[Herr Kutz]

I saw a video today about all of earth's human population being housed in one giant city. Obviously some land would have to be farmed and robots would take care of it, but the rest of the world would be turned back into wilderness.

If this city were to be built one day (regardless of whether or not it is a bad idea), where do you guys think it should be located?

Let's say the population density would be approximately the same as London, so the size of the city would be approximately the combined size of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

 

[brianmanahan]

your mama

or texas

 

[KMFJD]

Houston would be the perfect spot

 

[squirrel dog]

if grandma had balls , she would be grandpa .

 

[BoomerD]

if grandma had balls , she would be grandpa .

your grandpa was gay?

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Houston would be the perfect spot

Yes! Then a single big hurricane could wipe out humanity in one fell swoop. Get rid of us and the world will be fine.

Not really a workable solution, the city would have to be too big. But I could see it work if there were like 5 mega-cities per continent. North America NY, LA, Jacksonville, Seattle and Houston. Europe London, Rome, Lisbon. etc. Spread them out so that they all have lots of farmland nearby, access to a warm water port for fishing and shipping and it would be a really efficient way of running things. Good luck making it happen.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Somewhere temperate with no risk of natural disasters. My vote is Miami or New Orleans.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Antarctica since the rest of the world will be too hot for humanity soon.

 

[DigDog]

South America

 

[highland145]

Belize. Always wanted to go there.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Probably somewhere in Canada. Lots of land and not as hot. That many people in one area is going to require to shed off a lot of heat. (not just the humans themselves but everything being used by them).

I hate the thought of this actually happening but I could actually see it happen in the far future. When the air is too toxic to breathe because of the CO2 and pollution levels, cities will be built as airtight buildings that are all interconnected and it could come to a point where there will only be a few very major cities and most places will be too harsh to build or live in. The concept of land ownership will not exist and it won't be safe to go outside without essentially a space suit. There will be airlocks to go on the outside world but it will only be for people to do maintenance on outside parts of the city. Essentially it will be like a giant space station but on the ground.

 

[WelshBloke]

Is New Zealand big enough?

I say there.

Then I can go live in Sicily or someplace and let the rest of you get on with it.

 

[BudAshes]

 

[IronWing]

Guam, because without evidence science means nothing.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I believe Jupiter should be considered.






(The planet, not the Burt Reynolds place in FL.)

 

[Red Squirrel]

Going on (in?) Jupiter would be freaking awesome. I don't think it's even humanly possible but like imagine being in some kind of craft just going through it. It would be an incredible sight. Saturn would be quite cool too and the gravity might be slightly easier to deal with.

 

[lxskllr]

Under the ocean near Iceland.

 

[snoopy7548]

I'd imagine if we were able to build a giant city at some point in the future, we would probably overcome or drastically change any adverse environmental conditions. Russia is nice and big, and the pollution a massive city would generate would heat it up pretty quickly.

 

[VirtualLarry]

"Take me down to the very last city, where the grass is green, and the girls are pretty! Lord, take me home!"

- a little G&R for ya.

 

[brianmanahan]

"Take me down to the very last city, where the grass is green, and the girls are pretty! Lord, take me home!"

- a little G&R for ya.

i'm getting some burnout: paradise flashbacks now

 

[zinfamous]

Belize. Always wanted to go there.

You mean you aren't John McAfee? hmm, fooled me.

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[highland145]

You mean you aren't John McAfee? hmm, fooled me.

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Naw, I'm just the poorer cousin.

 

[Ajay]

Naw, I'm just the poorer cousin.

And, apparently, you suck at mooching

 

[Ajay]

Oh, to the op, Beijing.

 

[Kaido]