@gabriellegunvik4377
hearing "he was going to dig a hole that could fit 200 people" sounds like someone preparing a mass grave
@psycle1829
Alright Danny you can stop hiding that you are in fact, a secret billionaire. Go build us a city big boy.
@calebthemusicjunkie
0:21 that aged, i don't know how it aged but it certainly did age
@manofthesnails
corporations trying to build their own cities for their employees shows a distinct lack of knowledge of their own country's history. people tried that already. it didnt work out. there were deaths.
@neonvortex
Elon's town is almost exactly the same as what mining companies did in the early 1900s. They would build towns with houses, supermarkets etc. for their employees to live in. These mining companies would then pay their employees with fake currency that could ONLY be used in that town and couldn't be converted to any other currency, so employees couldn't quit or leave the town.
@cosmic_entity06
Danny, you have to build Greg Town as a competitor to Kurtis Town. I’ve heard they’re growing quicker by the day, we don’t want them becoming the fastest growing army on the internet.
@Narniangirl17
Ironic you mention how cruise ship workers have to live where they work, because cruises are notorious for taking advantage of their employees. They hire international workers and overwork them because they know those employees can't just leave. It's a textbook abusive work environment that perfectly demonstrates the risks of having your living situation controlled/dependent upon your employer. It was the same problem with mining towns back in the day as well. Miners were completely dependent upon and taken advantage by the coal companies they worked for whose towns they lived in. To anyone contemplating living in a place owned or controlled by your employer in the future - don't do it! There's a reason we need to keep those things separate.
@xSkyBluDreamsx
Hi, someone who grew up in Menlo Park, California before it became what is now known as 'Zucktown' here. We lived in the low-income apartments next to Facebook HQ. Can confirm that the entire area is becoming a gentrified mess. They started with building more office spaces and parking lots. Next came brand new apartments for what I can assume is the employees. And next, came us. They gave us a notice that they were tearing down our apartments to build brand new ones with more commodities. Sounds great, except they didn't let many of us go back when they finished. So here all of us are, scrambling to find a new place to rent. Except, rents in Menlo Park are $4000. We were one of the lucky ones who barely qualified for a mortgage for a new house. The same cannot be said for many other low-income families. I don't know what they plan to do with the rest of the area, and I am actually a little saddened. I lived there almost my entire life and seeing it change so much bothers me. I can only hope the changes don't negatively affect the remaining residents as much as it affected the rest of us. And actually, I didn't know about Zucktown despite having lived there until watching this video. Thanks for the great video, Danny. :)
@coledoe1030
9:00 fun fact I learned when I wanted to be an architect: there is a good reason most buildings are all square, it’s because when you have all those weird rounded corners it makes designing rooms REALLY hard, because they end up with all these wonky curved areas which don’t accommodate pretty much any pre existing furniture
@bigman1163
FUN FACT: Disney's EPCOT center was originally gonna be one of these cities! They were common during the 19th-20th century, and walt Disney had planned on a city of the future. He of course died before he could begin actually making the city, and his execs and brother thought the city was a bad idea so just built a park instead. If you wanna know more than Defunctland has a great video about the topic!
@Felix-jo7nj
Hey Danny! I usually don't comment but thought it was important to mention to you and others: just letting you know that foods like Sunday's dog food put dogs at risk for things like nutritional DCM (a heart disease that is preventable in breeds that aren't likely to get it) and pancreatic due to the fat levels. A lot of these dog foods don't even do the bare minimum of feeding trials. These companies can afford to hire nutritionists, do studies, feeding trials, and remain on the side of wsava complacent guidelines and they refuse to. We all want more options on what to feed our dogs, but grain-free foods or foods with a lot of legumes can cause as much of an issue if they're not formulated correctly. Grains and the like are good for dogs that aren't allergic to it, and these foods abuse the fact that we associate human grade with good. If you want to feed your dogs fresh food, consult a nutritional vet. Not a regular vet, as most vets aren't super knowledgeable in proper nutrition to guide you on that. Sorry for the long message, I just want to avoid people losing their dogs to foods made by people who don't care
@the_Ghost_Owl
If Akoncity was a scam, does that make it... A Con City?
@msjkramey
The Facebook city said it would be 59 acres. For context, Baltimore is 59 THOUSAND acres. My suburban town is about 9,500 acres. The University of Maryland College Park campus is 1,340 acres. But 59 acres is supposed to be a city?
@brion_aiota
Real missed opportunity not saying they’d go from homeless to domeless
@Zdeciak
10:15 sometimes cities or parts of cities are planned. For example you can build a school, some other cultural objects, parks etc. around it houses, and on the outskirts shops etc. It makes communication not depend on cars so much
@Elfenlied8675309
I love that Kanye see's Tatooine in Star Wars, a lawless wasteland. See's Obi-Wan call it "The most retched hive of scum and villainy" and Kanye is just like "Damn, that's the kind of city I want to live in."
@MaryAlice08
Facebook trying to use "zucky" as a positive description is perhaps the funniest thing I've heard all day 😅
@juliagalvao8754
funny thing is that those reflective curve buildings will cause extremely concentrated areas of heat/radiation to the point that it’ll be a health hazard. it happened before with a building like this and they had to cover it bc it was melting cars and shit
@roowut
11:05 if you’re wondering, it’s a joke about how architects will come up with ridiculous designs and make the engineers deal with actually making it possible
@alexmckinnon6566