Edge City

got a land tour of the future walkable town of Esmeralda and learned of the infinite details that go into planning a village.

much of it is inspired by the founder Devon's childhood summers in Chautauqua, NY and recently built communities like Las Catalinas, Serenbe, and Seabrook (now on my list to research / visit).

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you can tell she has studied cities for so long. very ambitious, very cool project that i think has perfect founder-product fit.

devon’s blog + city reviews are so awesome

nowhere ever! read more about Esmeralda here:

nowhere ever! read more about Esmeralda here: https://esmeralda.org/

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Esmeralda the actual town is 15 min north of Healdsburg, where the Edge Esmeralda pop-up is happening right now.

just got here this morning and having a lovely time, nice break from the june gloom in LA (and the riots).

is it in healdsburg again? i grew up around here summer is the best time of year!

Seabrook (assuming you’re talking about Washington state) is an awesome story. The founder fought like hell to get that built.

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Used to go every few months when we lived in Seattle.  Father in law lived down the road in Ocean Shores, WA.  

Favorite thing was probably that you arrive out of the Washington coastal forest at this beautiful beach and a town on the bluff.  The town makes you feel like you’re in a well established coastal community (like a Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard) even while it was building its first few streets.  It must be massive now.

yes!! that’s the one! you’ve visited? what did you love most?

can’t wait to learn more about it.

the land is absolutely beautiful, hard to find a backdrop this picturesque. 

esmeralda.org! and also Devon's twitter thread. seems like it's still ~4 years from people living there but lots underway.

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This is very cool. I should write something about this

the land is absolutely beautiful, hard to find a backdrop this picturesque. 

esmeralda.org! and also Devon's twitter thread. seems like it's still ~4 years from people living there but lots underway. 

https://x.com/devonzuegel/status/1847025286061162540

This is very interesting! The land looks beautiful. Tell me more. Where can I read about this?

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Beautiful!! Maybe it will even have a great summer music festival like Chautauqua does!

Also when you say Las Catalinas are you referring to the town in Costa Rica?

it’s my dream to live in a place like this. i love where i am now but it’s extremely car dependent

Amazing. I was going to attend for my first time this year, but family health issues made me hold off. Love to see pictures though. Please share more!

I would love to trip to US. There are so many amazing places there.🥹