August 12, 2021

Gillette, inventor of the safety razor published a book in 1894 titled The Human Drift in which he envisioned a gigantic city that encompassed Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester and parts of Ontario, organized for the purpose of producing, manufacturing and distributing the necessities of life. In this, he describes in detail a city where most of the population of the United States (70 million at the time) would live in a massive complex of 250 foot tall octagon shaped apartment buildings. He figured 60 million people would live in the city and the remaining 10 million would either work to supply the raw materials or just hang out at the Jersey Shore. Electric power would be supplied by hydroelectric from Niagara Falls, fresh water would come from Lake Erie and all waste would be pumped into Lake Ontario and (best of all) it would all be free!

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