The idea of a "floating city" has reemerged after a recession hiatus. Actually a cruise ship on steroids crossed with an aircraft carrier and proposed to be nearly a mile long, the Freedom Ship is quite a concept.
Too large to dock in any known port, the 50,000 resident "city" would circle the globe every two years, spending roughly two-thirds of its time anchored offshore at major coastal cities. As proposed, it would operate both air and water shuttles to take people ashore and bring them back aboard.
If you're interested (what cruise enthusiast wouldn't be?), see the article with marine architects' renderings on the website of The Daily Mail (U.K.).
The article doesn't say whether the Freedom Ship will operate more like a cruise ship or like a giant condominium complex? In other words, to what extent will inhabitants do their own cooking and cleaning?
On a cruise ship, it's the so-called American Plan where meals, entertainment, transport to shore and maid service are included.Condo owners either cook and clean, or have a cleaning service and eat in restaurants or on take-out on a pay-for-what-you-order basis. They only pay for the transport and entertainment they use.
A hybrid might make most sense, say weekly maid service and one restaurant meal per day included, do other meals on your own. There are clearly many details to work out, probably via focus groups.
