The article doesn't have many specific details about the plans for Telosa's development and instead relies heavily on buzzwords to speak about the project like "flexible" and "innovation". I'm curious to see how the developers of Telosa plan to create a "people-first" city.

I'm also very curious about who the residents of Woven City will be! From my understanding, Toyota seems to be building Woven City as a testing base for its inventions and projects, rather than a city with a government where residents have jobs and roots.

On a similar note, what does "play" look like in Saudi Arabia? The development of Qiddiya City reflects a wider pattern of Saudi officials trying to market the country as a tourist destination while simultaneously upholding conservative standards around behavior and dress.

I feel like the concept of "Freedom Cities" as conceived by Trump is extremely ambitious and poorly thought through. My best guess is that they'd function as a form of Special Economic Zone except the relaxed laws would extend beyond economic policy (?)

Turkmenistan seems to be trying to outwardly project economic success rather than actually create it. Arkadag's design is modeled after other recent luxury developments in other cities in the country. Even the choice to hold a fake vote for the city's name indicates a wider culture of corruption.

It's very interesting how Nusantara has become a political symbol of the Indonesian government's goals and priorities that politicians can campaign on. The article seems to suggest that Prabowo will eventually have to continue the project for the sake of his political career.

The Bhutanese government seems to be simultaneously trying to achieve the goals of increasing economic opportunity while incorporating Buddhist culture and values. It will be interesting to see how the development of Gelephu Mindfulness City balances those two goals!