Very good summary of how we got here. Relaxing zoning won't help many places though. For eighty years development has been planned around freeways, which became necessary because of bedroom communities, and they are the "rivers" creating "islands" in the cities. There won't be any easy way to make 15 minute cities with this infrastructure and the subsequent sorting of all hotels in one area, all junkyards in one area, all medical centers, etc. All the power station routing, all the water routing that supports those concentrations.
Pretty hard to burn down freeways. Maybe I just see that because I'm surrounded by stacks of them. If even a little section of one is closed, the traffic diversion affects the area around them for miles, including other freeways. Brings home, literally, what a seething mass of movement is constantly going on in a big city and how supplies are distributed, or not.
Another dumb idea in the current reality. Don't get me wrong, I hate them. But 15 minute cities would require displacing about 200,000,000 people while all the places where they live and work and go to school and recreate are torn down, and the people are restacked in apartments with ground level malls and offices so that all the services one would need are within a mile. As long as all those selfish (/s) people insist on having yards and freedom to choose their services, they will need freeways, because they will be spread out.
True, but everything around them usually burns. Once the homes and businesses are destroyed and insurance companies are bankrupted from mass claims, the area is ripe for a land grab. Its one of many ways to drive out the ordinary population to be able to steal their property, but probably the most efficient.
Our city freeways all have buffer zones of gravel and tall concrete walls. Even tanker crashes don't go far. Recycling yards (and they are a necessary evil) have more dangerous fires. We've had 2 4-alarm fires in a week and a propane yard fire before that, they all affected their neighbors . There's a zoning issue that must be common in cities. Recycling requires acres of stacked up flammables. It also creates big areas which are now too toxic for anything else.
Phoenix had a "neighborhood" plan some years ago. Then the mayor and council all became Democrats. Now it's tear down old neighborhoods, build apartments, stack 'em up, make them ride the light rail.
Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.
Vehicles = freedom. Its not dependency. Fuck you, you wanna be tyrants. I can currently walk to all of my needs but I want to be able to go further and your "planner" ass can take a long walk off a short pier.
Am I wrong to think that there is some very evil stuff going on?
Seriously, how much more obvious can it get?
I hope the people responsible for these heinous crimes will be identified and put to justice.
Arson… one of the worst crimes.
I think so too. The question is, how much longer can the good guys let’s this go on before dropping the hammer?
Correct
We're under attack
Very good summary of how we got here. Relaxing zoning won't help many places though. For eighty years development has been planned around freeways, which became necessary because of bedroom communities, and they are the "rivers" creating "islands" in the cities. There won't be any easy way to make 15 minute cities with this infrastructure and the subsequent sorting of all hotels in one area, all junkyards in one area, all medical centers, etc. All the power station routing, all the water routing that supports those concentrations.
Looks like the plan is to burn it all down.
Pretty hard to burn down freeways. Maybe I just see that because I'm surrounded by stacks of them. If even a little section of one is closed, the traffic diversion affects the area around them for miles, including other freeways. Brings home, literally, what a seething mass of movement is constantly going on in a big city and how supplies are distributed, or not.
Early in 2021, AOC suggested dismantling freeways around major cities and Biden supported it.
Another dumb idea in the current reality. Don't get me wrong, I hate them. But 15 minute cities would require displacing about 200,000,000 people while all the places where they live and work and go to school and recreate are torn down, and the people are restacked in apartments with ground level malls and offices so that all the services one would need are within a mile. As long as all those selfish (/s) people insist on having yards and freedom to choose their services, they will need freeways, because they will be spread out.
They do intend to kill 8 billion sooooo
Communists talk about cracking a few eggs to make an omelette. But it’s always someone else’s eggs.
True, but everything around them usually burns. Once the homes and businesses are destroyed and insurance companies are bankrupted from mass claims, the area is ripe for a land grab. Its one of many ways to drive out the ordinary population to be able to steal their property, but probably the most efficient.
Our city freeways all have buffer zones of gravel and tall concrete walls. Even tanker crashes don't go far. Recycling yards (and they are a necessary evil) have more dangerous fires. We've had 2 4-alarm fires in a week and a propane yard fire before that, they all affected their neighbors . There's a zoning issue that must be common in cities. Recycling requires acres of stacked up flammables. It also creates big areas which are now too toxic for anything else.
Phoenix had a "neighborhood" plan some years ago. Then the mayor and council all became Democrats. Now it's tear down old neighborhoods, build apartments, stack 'em up, make them ride the light rail.
Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
It is indeed superlative.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.
When I hear “make America great again” this is what I’m talking about.
Stickied because Kelowna is on fire at the moment:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66550759
Do areas that are marked as smart cities catch fire more often?
and just like Maui, SMART METER replacement proceeds fires in 'smart cities' planned locations
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/smart-meters-electronic-signals-pose-a-health-risk-okanagan-similkameen-district-1.3098056
wow, like clockwork
I'd be surprised if there were any sizeable cities that didn't have a plan for a 15-minute city.
mine does.
Am I the only one that thinks these 15 minute cities are a lot like the city structure in Hunger Games?
You are not alone.
Here’s the link, go to page 6.
https://kelownapublishing.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=29426
Thank you!
Vehicles = freedom. Its not dependency. Fuck you, you wanna be tyrants. I can currently walk to all of my needs but I want to be able to go further and your "planner" ass can take a long walk off a short pier.
does 15-minute cities refer to how fast the cabal is trying to burn them down?
They've added fire risk signs in my local area lately idk why
It’s gonna be Maui nationwide.
Yup.
Skye Pierce is from Kelowna and let me say that girl is straight 🔥