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- Katie Waldeck
- July 20, 2012
- 5:31 pm
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6. CITE, New Mexico
Like any other town in the United States, the soon-to-be-built CITE will be full of highways, roads, homes, and commercial buildings. There will be an urban center, as well as suburban and rural areas. Homes have appliances and plumbing, the city has electricity. But nobody will live in CITE, or The Center for Innovation, Testing & Evaluation. A company called Pegasus Holdings is planning to build a mid-sized city not for living, but for testing green energy, transportation, wireless infrastructure, and first responder technology projects, among others. Modeled after Rock Hill, South Carolina, a city of over 65,000 people, this $1 billion project will allow for testing without interfering with everyday life in the real world.
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Katie Waldeck
Katie is a freelance writer focused on pets, food and women’s issues. A Chicago native and longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Katie now lives in Oakland, California.
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WOW!!! I'd probably avoid most of these for a visit but very interesting to know they exist!!!
Must add some of these to 'my bucket list' might give the oil platform a miss though!
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Interesting, but one of them doesn't exist yet.
Did the author not do even the most basic research for this article? It is no mystery how Hell, Michigan got its name. In German, "hell" means "bright" Still, I wonder how many road trips have started off with "I'm going straight to Hell!"?
Did the author do not even the most basic research? The origin of Hell, Michigan's name is no mystery. In German, "hell" means "bright". DUH! Still, I wonder how many road trips have started off with "I'm going straight to Hell!"?
Wish I had the money to travel!
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