Music, every possible kind of music, imaginable and unimaginable. Everyone will have computer chips implanted in their fingertips, enabling them to tune into not only the entire history of recorded music but also to spontaneously compose their own songs (salsa, rock, operas, arias, country and western, gospel, zydeco) anytime and anyplace. It will be very private, though, only heard in one1s head. We will, however, be able to cable-connect to each other to share the experience. Dancing likewise will be diverse and exotic, since everyone will be able to program into his or her bodies every known dance step, thus liberating the most inhibited and intimidated. Everyone will feel comfortable dancing in public!!! Drinks will cost nothing.... We'll all carry with us a variety of granules (exceedingly affordable, perfectly safe, and AMA approved), which, when ingested, will produce the sensation of having consumed the beverage of choice, along with the desired mood.
What will be the hippest Miami-Dade neighborhood, what
will it look like, and how much will it cost to live there?
Havana will definitely be the hippest. It, along with the rest of Cuba,
will by midcentury have been annexed by Miami-Dade, and its architecture as well
as its 1950s urbanism and density, will have been restored. Owing to the vision
and demand of a new generation of Cuban Americans, Havana's restoration was put
into the hands of the School of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany, who
were responsible for ensuring that Havana was saved from the atrocities of
overdevelopment, witnessed in Miami in the latter part of the 20th and the
beginning of the 21st centuries. It will be fairly inexpensive to live there,
though, since only people desiring a more traditional lifestyle, "the simple
life," will seek homes in Havana. However, it will be "hip" since it will be the
only architecturally distinguishable neighborhood. All other neighborhoods as
well as their dwellers will look exactly alike. In Havana people will still have
time to see and speak to each other, meeting for cafe cubano and salsa; elsewhere
people will rarely come out of their self-contained, self-sufficient live-work
units, though they will have the possibility of creating virtual neighborhoods
and changing the surroundings every time they feel the
urge.
Will your favorite South Florida restaurant of today still
exist? And will the clientele change?
Other than Joe1s, the
Rascal House, and Versailles, no restaurant that we know today will survive,
because the idea of a restaurant will become obsolete. People will have no time
or need to go out for meals; any kind of cuisine and ambiance can be created in
one's own home.... Even virtual guests will be on the "new" menu!!! These three
institutions, though, will become culinary museums and have great Websites for
those unable to visit them in person, with food samplings available through
Internet-100 (the latest version of Internet).
Imagine yourself
sitting in a canoe on Shark River slough. What do you see?
I
believe the Everglades will be completely restored by our generation. I have
confidence that environmental protection will become a priority. So every species
indigenous to the Everglades will thrive and frolic in Shark River thanks to the
work of environmentalists, politicians, sugar barons, and biogeneticists who
reintroduced lost flora and fauna!
When the urban Miami dweller of 2100
wants to take a walk in a park, where will he or she go?
He
or she will be able to transport him/herself to any great space in the galaxy....
The question is, will people have any leisure time?
How long
will it take to travel from Miami to Havana, and how will folks make the trip?
Ditto from Kendall to downtown.
It will take about a
half-hour to get from Miami to Havana by El Chunel, which will be the tunnel
connecting the two cities. One could travel by rapid transit, a self-propelled
vehicle (remember the Jetsons?) or by a fast-water craft. From Kendall one could
take rapid transit or self-propelled vehicles ... or run, since biotechnology
will enable the body to transport itself fast (like the Six Million Dollar Man
but cheaper).
How will you spend the day on January 1, 2100?
Are you kidding???? I'm too spontaneous to plan that far in
advance!
