The 144,000 City

When I was flipping through my old books, I came across this page and just had to laugh.  Yes I admit, it's cheesy, but some of these are genuinely funny.  I wrote this in 2005, when I was 24 years old.  Perhaps funnier still is the idea that a 24 year old would sit around thinking up names for a prophesied city that has never existed.  A city which she was hoping to someday build.  Crazy?  Yes, very.  But if this doesn't at least make you smile, I think you should check your pulse.

You don't have to like all of them, or any of them.  I don't even like all of them, and I wrote it!  (Whadda Beach, though?  That's pure genius!)  Beyond all the religious rhetoric, the fighting over who owns the rights to what, or the ridiculous idea of trying to establish uniform beliefs among groups of people, the city itself is not a bad idea.
I think if we were to build it in Canada, it could be an eco-paradise, with green infastructure and sustainable technology.  It would promote harmony between humans and nature, using our resources wisely so as to preserve nature for later generations, and harmony between humans, with true democracy, equality and co-operation.  I could see it as a peaceful refuge from the greed and violence in the rest of the world. 
The way I figure, someone's gotta build this thing, it might as well be us in Canada.  Why not?  Although I can't necessarily tell you all the steps to get us from here to there, I'd like to invite you to dream.  We can create a city in our thoughts.  Of course, if you have any clever name suggestions, I'm all ears!