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The developer of Hudson Yards has an entire office in Shanghai dedicated to selling these apartments to wealthy Chinese people. The pitch is that each apartment comes with a USA green card under the EB-5 program. Apparently they're selling like hotcakes.

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Do they understand the IoT data collection / surveillance "amenities"? http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/07/hudson-yards-smart-neighb..., "… New York City's first truly smart neighborhood. Or, it will be when New York University's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), a partner for the development, finishes outfitting it with sensors … This "quantified community" is a real-life urban laboratory for connected living, and its future, deep-pocketed residents will be its well-kept lab rats.".

Artist renderings of the site: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/08/19/go_inside_hudson_ya...

> Air quality, noise levels, energy and water usage

This is not the surveillance you should worry about.

Sensor technology is improving rapidly and improved sensors will be easy to deploy once the buildings and rooms are designed for monitoring and data collection.

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