Upvoted for serious idea about a difficult problem, but I would bet against this happening, and against it working if tried in the US or EU.
The answer to the 6 year old’s question about Nevada is simple: There’s not enough water to make this survivable for any significant density of people. I’d argue that there are similar reasons for any other large areas that don’t have a city near them already—some resource is constrained enough that it can’t support the density.
The thought experiment which proves it is: if the land is good and unused, why haven’t we opened it for use by impoverished/struggling citizens (or by rich people who can pay a lot to improve the lives of those citizens)?
Upvoted for serious idea about a difficult problem, but I would bet against this happening, and against it working if tried in the US or EU.
The answer to the 6 year old’s question about Nevada is simple: There’s not enough water to make this survivable for any significant density of people. I’d argue that there are similar reasons for any other large areas that don’t have a city near them already—some resource is constrained enough that it can’t support the density.
The thought experiment which proves it is: if the land is good and unused, why haven’t we opened it for use by impoverished/struggling citizens (or by rich people who can pay a lot to improve the lives of those citizens)?