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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Piyush Shukla

This floating city is so massive it could carry an entire town across the ocean, and it has schools, parks and hospital

A city that moves across the ocean, carries 80,000 people, and contains homes, schools, hospitals, parks, and even a stadium sounds like a futuristic fantasy. Yet the idea behind Freedom Ship , the world’s largest floating city concept, has returned to public attention with a familiar question: can humanity really build a sustainable city at sea?

The proposed vessel is unlike any traditional cruise ship. It is imagined as a permanent floating community stretching nearly one mile long, rising 30 decks high, and designed to function like a land-based city. Residents would not simply visit. They would live, work, study, and build daily lives on the water.

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