I agree with Prox that cylindrical habitats wouldn't take too long to appear after Standford Tori. We have a consistent growth in space colonisation and development at that point in the setting so larger habitats make sense.
In terms of these pictures though I could very well see that this classic rural design might not come for a significant time after the first O'Neil cylinders. Large habitats aren't going to be cheap in the early timeline so it doesn't make a lot of sense that they'd have very low population densities like this. Unless it's a private gated community for future trillionaires I suppose. Rather I'd imagine most of the first O'Neill cylinders would like more like this:
![[Image: citadel-mass-effect-city-concept-art-fut...review.jpg]](https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/657/702/522/citadel-mass-effect-city-concept-art-futuristic-wallpaper-preview.jpg)
In terms of these pictures though I could very well see that this classic rural design might not come for a significant time after the first O'Neil cylinders. Large habitats aren't going to be cheap in the early timeline so it doesn't make a lot of sense that they'd have very low population densities like this. Unless it's a private gated community for future trillionaires I suppose. Rather I'd imagine most of the first O'Neill cylinders would like more like this:
OA Wish list:
- DNI
- Internal medical system
- A dormbot, because domestic chores suck!