I think when the cities can move, they are not ‘city’ anymore. Instead, they should be called transportation tools. There are many transportation can move people from place to place while they can work, entertain, and live on machines such as aircraft carriers, trains, airships, and rockets. Similar stories can be told by changing the ‘city’ to other carriers such as pirate ships, then the story becomes “One Piece”, stronger pirates engulf weaker pirates. The main character trying to defect the strong pirates to get treasure.
In the idea of moving to a residential place, I think of the vehicle residency which is getting popular nowadays due to the high property fee. People live in trucks, and they can park anywhere they want which allows the freedom of choosing where they live and don’t have to face the same environment as the traditional property. I think this is the trend in future housing because human tends to travel to different places and seek a new place to live in history. From the prehistoric migration, our ancestors migrated out of Africa, to planet migration, planning to live on Mars, people are willing to take risks and explore the unknown to find a new place. However, it is still not possible in Hong Kong because the parking slots here are not sufficient, the roads are too narrow for the trucks to drive and the air pollution on the roads is serious, the living conditions are bad.
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Wong Siu Wing, Mark
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