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.
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.