I lived in a GP Medium tent next to (100m) a medevac HLZ. Even a Chinook isn't a big deal if you set it up properly. You don't land right on top of the tents. Any kind of terrain feature helps, or just distance.
I don't see why people assume "can have your own housing in a high density area" is inherently shoddy construction; 4 x 20' containers and about $20k in work could build something quite nice.
"Writer's cabins" are exactly this model (although you don't get the option of building your own workspace; maybe something where you get space, or a shell, or a furnished cottage). I'd trust an engineer to build something a hell of a lot more than a YA fiction writer or particularly a postmodernist. :)
I was running with the shantytown line just to be a pain.
I dont hate the idea. I actually think it would be cool if you changed the "DIY/bring your own shelter" to a rehab existing structure and used the program as part of a city program to clean up decrepit neighborhoods.
The benefit of greenfield is not being part of a current political system. There is almost always a political/demographic/cultural reason someplace becomes Detroit; it's not in a vacuum. I'm pretty sure I could go to counties in Central WA or parts of TX and get an almost Disneyworld level of autonomy, being allowed to run local utilities, sheriff, ems, etc. if it got to that scale, with only minimal county and some state/federal oversight.
I have no faith Oakland or Detroit would leave a high-net-worth enclave alone.
I don't see why people assume "can have your own housing in a high density area" is inherently shoddy construction; 4 x 20' containers and about $20k in work could build something quite nice.
"Writer's cabins" are exactly this model (although you don't get the option of building your own workspace; maybe something where you get space, or a shell, or a furnished cottage). I'd trust an engineer to build something a hell of a lot more than a YA fiction writer or particularly a postmodernist. :)