![Gates of sprawl: Bill Gates $80M Arizona bet for 'smart city' could prompt new wave of sprawl and land rush along proposed freeway - Phoenix Business Journal Gates of sprawl: Bill Gates $80M Arizona bet for 'smart city' could prompt new wave of sprawl and land rush along proposed freeway - Phoenix Business Journal](https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10703399/hummingbirdspringswilderness9415447804-1*1200xx5616-3159-0-293.jpg)
Gates of sprawl: Bill Gates $80M Arizona bet for 'smart city' could prompt new wave of sprawl and land rush along proposed freeway - Phoenix Business Journal
Why did Bill Gates choose to buy 25,000 acres of land west of downtown Phoenix over other areas to build his 'smart city'? - Quora
![Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates. Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates.](https://compote.slate.com/images/cbb7b8dd-d40f-47bc-ac20-24468f7ae47e.png?crop=968%2C645%2Cx0%2Cy0)
Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates.
![Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates. Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates.](https://compote.slate.com/images/1fa4175d-c296-46c7-84e2-e5f805173895.jpeg?width=780&height=520&rect=2048x1365&offset=0x61)
Bill Gates' smart city in Arizona is not smart, not a city, and has almost nothing to do with Bill Gates.
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