“When one feels very strongly about something it is easy to overestimate the number of people who feel the same way, and easy to underestimate the difficulty of converting others to one’s persuasion” 

This is sadly true as my idea has been met with both apathy and indifference – and, to be blunt, some stunningly stupid reactions.    Either I am not very good at explaining and/or my chosen subjects/victims have been the type who simply “cannot see the big picture”.  Probably a bit of both

NON-COMMITTAL – “sounds like a great idea”, but shows no further interest

LACKING IN VISION and self-absorbed – “I don’t want to live in Human Hive..!”

TOTALLY DISINTERESTED – wandering-eyes 

SCORNFUL – “are you a nutcase?”

MOCKING challenge – “so when are you going to build it?”

ACCUSATORY – “you want to FORCE everyone to live in those places..?”

MORAL OUTRAGE – “what about poor people in Africa?”

but, most frequently, simply the DISMISSIVE – “it’ll never happen..!”  

The objections that people raise tend to be disappointingly shallow – either nit-picking trivialities or selfish remarks like “I wouldn’t want to live in such a place..!” but without explaining why except perhaps some vague reference to not liking crowds.  Well, as it happens I don’t like crowds either – but I didn’t ask whether you would want to live there, I asked for your carefully considered opinion…!    

 

Perhaps my enthusiasm for this idea is blinding me to some perfectly valid reasons as to why nobody has yet built something like Deltapolis. But, and much more strangely, why nobody is even talking about the possibility..?    I am always open to suggestions and very keen to hear of any objections that I haven’t thought of, but I am confident I can easily counter any such arguments.   So if, dear reader, you can think of any substantial objections not covered here, please add them in the comments section.