ELI5. There is a blank patch of land. How would a state or country go about the massive undertaking of turning it into a city? Would it have to take centuries like NYC? Done in stages? (Small town to city?)

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ELI5. There is a blank patch of land. How would a state or country go about the massive undertaking of turning it into a city? Would it have to take centuries like NYC? Done in stages? (Small town to city?)

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Shenzhen, China went from being a village/ small town of 300,000 to China’s 3rd most populous city at 4.5 million in around 40 years. So the expansion can happen quickly in the right circumstances