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NOVEMBER 2, 2022|ENVIRONMENT + SUSTAINABILITY


10 Futuristic Cities That May Be Built In Your Lifetime


Estimates suggest the Maldives may be entirely under water by 2050. The challenge to save it, in other words, is generationally urgent. A floating city may start to house Maldivians as early as 2024.

That's the fascinating thing about this compiled list of imaginatively futuristic cities. They seem like they would only be possible in the far future, but a number of them are already being built. And some are urgent priorities for their respective governments thanks to demographic shifts and climate change. All of which is to say the list is worth reading not as science fiction or wishful thinking, but rather as a roundup of some of the world's most fascinating cities that may become a reality within your lifetime.

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