The first few I click on do not exist (though some obviously do). But for the ones that do not (Telosa is just "scouting locations"), these are just creative writing of fancy utopian aspirations that either end in bankruptcy or dystopian novels.
That said, I couldn't quite get what a startup city is supposed to capture. Still figuring out a consistent guidelines to apply before adding more entries.
A cul-de-sac is a dead end for cars. Maybe these cities focus more on pedestrians than cars? Seems there are some priori for that line of thinking: https://culdesac.com/
> Welcome to Culdesac Tempe
> The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US!
Never heard of that particular "neighborhood" and to be honest, the website kind of looks like a scam. I was just musing about how the name could make sense for the authors.
