Hamburg build from 2008 on a new district, the HafenCity, a soulless place of concrete, expensive apartments, and chain stores. I recently thought about how great it would have been to try something radical new – like building everything with wood, fantastic public transport, and as little cars as possible.

My conclusion was that the only way that realistically could have happend was with subsidies from a billionaire who had some kind of grand vision. I hardly doubt that we'll see such a thing from the public sector anytime soon, be it from fiduciary duties or their general incompetence of doing any kind of big real estate development (at least here in Germany).

So from that angle, I welcome anyone with a vision for an utopian city.