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Everyone has heard of the people making an effort to live more natural lives, off-grid, usually deep in the country or far away from other people. What if I told you we could live off-grid, but in the heart of cities and thriving urban communities? #OffGrid #UrbanPermaCulture 
Water wells in the courtyards where possible, or aqueducts where needed. Europeans built thousands of these from the classical ages right into the modern times. It would mean far lower water infrastructure costs, and I doubt anyone would waste water they had to pull themselves.
A neighborhood built to the human scale without cars or public transport could house 1000s of people, with ample sized homes on what today is a medium sized shopping mall parking lot, all buildings up to three stories tall, built to the edge of the plot. Forget about micro homes.
