Imagine tomorrow's New York City
From BeyondVoting
Part Poli-Sci part Sci-Fi, this section provides an opportunity to stretch the imagination. It asks: What characteristics would you like to see in tomorrow's New York City? Concepts like privacy, friendly, fun, kind, understanding, safe, intelligent, transparent, open, peaceful, caring, neighborly, hospitable, serene, challenging, lively, etc., may not be uniformly and universally seen as desirable, but they do provide a vocabulary for discussing the future we’d like to see for ourselves and our offspring.
This page presents "pictures" of tomorrow's city. Not literally pictures (althought a small one would be OK), but an idea snapshot, typically a paragraph or two. First, describe the benefit provided below. Use linked pages to provide background and any organizational structure you choose to animate them. Finally, and here's the trickey part, present the description in the past tense - as if already existed. For example:
- With the enactment of the Community Media Act city residents started to become more engaged in civic affairs. With open and transparent websites in the community districts decimating the media ghettos, residents monitored and routinely interacted with their elected representatives. By 2010 residents became so comfortable with the new websites and the transparency they permitted, that they eliminated term limits - which many saw as throwing out the baby with the bath water. By 2020, many were surprised to learn that the seemingly lifelong terms in office had returned. However, convinced that the websites empowered them to effectively monitor their elected representatives, city residents rejected a new ballot proposal to reinstate term limits.
- One of the things I've always liked about New York City is its position on the Internet. Ever since the city acquired the top level domain .NYC, finding city events and resources has been a cinch.
- Residents and visitors are allowed private unrecorded travel in New York City because the city council passed the Pedestrian Privacy Act.
- Place the fruits of your imagination here. Not sure how to wiki? See these wiki editing hints.
