All the existing residents of these towns would hate everything about this. Also, once you bring in things to do so people aren't "bored", and fill it with hipsters... you just have the city again. The small town vibe is lost. The lower prices are gone, because high income earners have moved in, and the locals are priced out of the town they grew up in.
This is a horrible idea.
If a company wants to buy an empty plot of land and try to make their own city, ok, let's see what that's like... but don't destroy good small towns by turning them into some weird hybrid.
This is a horrible idea.
If a company wants to buy an empty plot of land and try to make their own city, ok, let's see what that's like... but don't destroy good small towns by turning them into some weird hybrid.