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Sounds a lot like you're comprehending it already

This is an AI image made by a human. (I will not elaborate)

Fixed it, thx!

Good point, not sure the the strategizing octopi will be a major concern for this crossing tho. I guess you're never really save from those devious creatures..

Finally, someone else with the same irrational dislike of them! I don't even know why this is the one emoji/reaction for me, but I can't stand it. There is nothing really wrong with it, but without ever choosing to, I cringe specifically at these (and *mlem). Of all the things to have an irrational, deep seated hatred for, at least this is harmless enough. Thank you for showing me I'm not alone in this and let this be the first and last time I rant about disliking bleps

Is it possible to bring back the random community function again? That was the main appeal of the old infinity for me.

I guess any profanities possibly aimed at spez would at least already be pixelated right? So half as bad..

Yes, I think this technology works best to fill a niche in denser cities, just not to provide for the food needs of a whole city. They would also improve the quality of life in the city.

Honestly, this seems like a solution looking for a problem. We already have a lot of agricultural space available and in use. We just use that space very inefficiently to actually produce food. There are huge benefits to be gained from switching to sustainable farming, and probably a largely vegan diet too (just based on Ressource use alone). Once farming is focused on producing food and preserving nature, instead of creating profit we can look to further improvements. Even hydroponics or mixed use gardens are likely a better next step here. There simply isn't a need to cram our food production onto a wall yet, especially if that requires costly infrastructure made of difficult to recycle materials.

I definitely became more critical with time and there are a few books I wouldn't quite enjoy today. Then again, I tend to seek out some 'childish' settings and ideas more now, maybe as an escape to my evermore serious (and sometimes boring) adult life. In general, while I enjoy fewer stories now, I also enjoy them more deeply.

I really enjoyed the first half of the story. The second is probably also good, just not my taste. I love a setting where humans are the stand out creatures and I feel like giving the interactions between fantasy races more focus works well. Usually elves and dwarfs and so on are more defined by their relations to humans. With us out of the picture this fantasy society feels even more mystical.

As far as logistics are concerned, we already have models for how many people can comfortably fit in say a theme park. Similar models exist for maximum population density in a city. If we were to use such models to estimate a maximum tourist capacity within a city, dependant on public space, transit and other infrastructure, we could find a very reasonable limit for tourist accomodations.

Either way, the decision to impelment such limits should be a democratic one, for the whole city. Private companies don't often care for the quality of life of the locals.

Change in a city is just as important as preservation imo, as long as the change is driven by the locals not a foreign for-profit actor. After all, at some point there's barely any of the original city left to visit.