▲ Page 27 People who have contributed to the development of mankind with ideas that no one thought of can be called innovators or leaders. Steve Jobs of Apple, who made the smartphone, is a representative example. He is known as an innovator to the extent that he is credited with making money through his business and changing people’s daily lives. This was possible because of Jobs’ creativity, a business-friendly climate that could commercialize it, and an atmosphere of education and research.
According to the New York Times, a new city construction project with a land purchase cost of 1 trillion won is under way on the wind of business friendliness. The city, led by the wealthy of Silicon Valley, will be located in Solano County, northeast of San Francisco. A land development company called ‘Plannery Associates’ bought 63.66 million pyeong for 800 million dollars (about 1 trillion won). LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Steve Jobs’ wife, and Michael Moritz, former chairman of venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, contributed money. When the city is built, it is said that it will provide affordable housing to employees. Although procedures such as referendums remain, it is attracting attention as a way to solve the pain of insufficient office space and housing prices.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is building his own new city called ‘Tesla Utopia’ in Austin, Texas, where his companies such as SpaceX are located. Prefabricated houses and large sports facilities are being built, and you can use them for only $800 per month, which is much lower than the market price in the neighborhood. In the case of Silicon Valley or Austin, which are preferred by information and communication workers, the housing cost burden is formidable due to rising house prices. If there is a house that can be bought with money lower than the market price, there will be an effect like a ‘half-price new city’.
how are we Private development is hard to even dream of. In 2004, Samsung Electronics was trying to build a self-sufficient corporate city of 980,000 pyeong in Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, but changed its plan to develop a business complex. It was an ambitious project worth 1.4 trillion won, but the dispute over preferential treatment of monopolizing development profits got in the way. The fact that it is a non-metropolitan area, where it is difficult to attract high-quality manpower in the high-tech industry, was also a stumbling block.
Due to population decline, 113 (49.6%) of the 228 cities, counties, and districts nationwide are at risk of extinction. There are also many newly rich people in Korea. It is hoped that the ‘Jisanhak’ project, in which they, the local community and the school work together, will be operated and a Korean version of a half-price new town will emerge.
Editorial Writer Park Hyeon-gap
2023-08-30 15:26:48
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