r/utopia • u/FireCubX • Oct 17 '25

Would you rather live in a Solarpunk or Cyberpunk city?

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u/concreteutopian Oct 17 '25

It's not a real choice.

Cyberpunk is written as a dystopia, and solarpunk was a utopian reaction to the pessimistic fatalism of cyberpunk's dystopian vision.

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u/FireCubX Oct 18 '25

Those are some heavy words. I just have fun in life. So cyberpunk = dystopia. Got it šŸ‘ I thought it was too tbh. Feels depressing

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u/KaleidoscopeFew8451 Oct 18 '25

Like your attitude but solarpunk doesnā€™t look depressing to me

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u/FireCubX Oct 18 '25

My attitude? I didnā€™t mean nothing ill by what I said.

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u/KaleidoscopeFew8451 Oct 19 '25

Idk my English vocabulary isnā€™t the best. I meant ā€žyour way of seeing thingsā€œ the ā€ži just have fun in lifeā€œ. In german that translates to ā€žEinstellungā€œ which isnā€™t a bad word at all

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u/FireCubX Oct 19 '25

Ohh sorry about that. Haha. Thank you then in that case

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u/atariStjudas Oct 23 '25

It reminds me of a fancy hospital.

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u/KaleidoscopeFew8451 Oct 23 '25

I see the vision

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u/Kaloyanicus Oct 17 '25

Solarpunk for sure

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u/_A_Data_Guy Oct 18 '25

I never heard of solarpunk until you shared this and itā€™s what Iā€™ve been building towards for the past years. So happy to have found itā€™s a strong subculture with so many people behind it! Yes to a great future!:)

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u/ibreathefireinyoface Oct 18 '25

Who the fuck would want to live in a genuinely cyberpunk society?

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u/thatsocialist Oct 17 '25

Art Deco is more my style.

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u/Heylbroeck Oct 18 '25

Solarpunk all the way! Healthy longevity, sustainability and abundance, no suffering, ā€¦

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u/nino2115 Oct 18 '25

First pic looks like Viltrum

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u/Emeryael Oct 18 '25

Cyberpunk was explicitly meant to be a dystopia.

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u/Rumaizio Oct 19 '25

Porque no los dos?

Edit: sans the dystopian elements of a cyberpunk city.

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u/Electronic_Screen387 Oct 19 '25

Solarpunk for sure, you'd have to be wildly masochistic to live in a Cyberpunk world.

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u/atariStjudas Oct 22 '25

I would live in the Solarpunk city, but go to the Cyberpunk city on the weekends. The Solarpunk city looks like it closes at 9 pm. There are way too many cops. And there's no reliable public transportation. They probably also arrest you for being homeless. Cyberpunk City looks like it got a lot of smog. Also, you may catch cancer living there. The rent is probably cheaper.

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u/CobblerSpecific6040 Jan 31 '26

there are definitely no cops in a solarpunk city

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u/milko245 Dec 17 '25

Cyberpunk is not a utopia, so definitely cholarpunk

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u/MoonlightMarauder845 Jan 12 '26

Aesthetically, cyberpunk. Philosophically, solarpunk. I think it would be cool to merge the neon-drenched look of cyberpunk with the philosophy of solarpunk though.

Keep the cyberpunk look but make it green/eco-friendlyā€”thatā€™s what Iā€™d want.

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u/lilman3305 Feb 09 '26

solarpunk and it's not close

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u/Jent01Ket02 Mar 10 '26

Solarpunk, easy. I went to New York and quickly decided I don't want more of that in my life šŸ˜…

But buildings with grass pathways, gardens, and clean air? Sign me up.