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By far the best exploration and novelty I've ever had in terms of cities has come from those cities that embody the '15 minute' approach. Surprise - nobody bans
by bigDinosaur 5y ago
By far the best exploration and novelty I've ever had in terms of cities has come from those cities that embody the '15 minute' approach. Surprise - nobody bans you or even discourages you from travelling away further than necessary from your closest conveniences!
By contrast, cities that are car dependent and spread out have been invariably the most alienating environments possible in terms of novelty. You have to drive, and quite quickly, because there's nothing else but concrete and parking lots and gigantic stores on any human scale.
- jabl 5y agoTo stereotype a little (or not so little), Americans do their once-in-a-lifetime trip through the classic European cities and walk wide-eyed along the narrow winding streets, and eat ice cream along the many small town squares/piazzas/whatever, sighing happily. And then they go home and vote for widening their local stroad, as if that would in any way contribute to solving the suburban hellscape problem.
- throwaway22032 5y agoWell, of course we have the opposite too. I live in my little shoebox in inner/central London and then go and rent a big beefy beefcar and drive around the US, then go home and get on the tube. :D