Building Tomorrow: The Global Race to Create Cities From Scratch

David Invest

What drives humanity's persistent urge to build new cities from scratch? From ancient civilizations to modern metropolises, we've always sought to escape limitations and create fresh opportunities through urban development. Today, this age-old impulse has reached unprecedented heights with ambitious projects emerging worldwide.
Our deep dive explores 2025's most fascinating new city initiatives, comparing radically different approaches to urban creation. Saudi Arabia's $500 billion Neom represents the theatrical future—a linear megacity stretching 170km along the Red Sea coastline, targeting nine million residents by 2045. But can such top-down engineering overcome delays and soaring costs to become a functioning community?
Meanwhile, Egypt takes a more pragmatic path with its new administrative capital, already housing citizens while aiming to relieve Cairo's crushing density. Indonesia's New Sentara shows how even necessary projects (Jakarta is literally sinking) can stall when political winds shift. The digital-physical experiment of Praxis challenges our very definition of what constitutes a "city," while Kiryas Joel in New York demonstrates how organic growth around shared values can succeed where billion-dollar masterplans fail.
California Forever's struggle against local opposition in Solano County reveals democracy's checks on urban ambition, regardless of financial backing. And failed visions like Telosa and Bitcoin City serve as sobering reminders that even the grandest urban dreams require more than money and vision to materialize.
Which approach has the best chance of creating not just buildings, but thriving communities? The answers might surprise you. Subscribe now to join our exploration of humanity's ongoing quest to build tomorrow's cities.

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Chapters

1. Building Tomorrow: The Global Race to Create Cities From Scratch (00:00:00)

2. Human Drive to Build New Cities (00:00:50)

3. Neom: Saudi Arabia's Futuristic Vision (00:02:10)

4. Egypt's New Administrative Capital (00:03:38)

5. New Sentara: Indonesia's Capital in Limbo (00:04:35)

6. Praxis: The Network State Experiment (00:05:20)

7. Kiryas Joel: Organic Community Growth (00:06:24)

8. California Forever vs Local Resistance (00:07:10)

9. Arizona's Massive Suburban Developments (00:08:01)

10. Highland Rim: Ideological Communities (00:08:30)

11. Failed Projects and Final Thoughts (00:09:06)