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15-minute cities: What are they and how do they work?
DW ^ | 7/19/23 | Tim Schauenberg

Posted on 08/19/2023 1:12:07 PM PDT by DallasBiff

As recently as a two decades ago, more people lived in the countryside than in urban areas. But that has since changed. Around 56% of the global population are now at home in cities, and the number continues to rise. According to the United Nations, two thirds of the roughly 10 billion people that will inhabit planet Earth by the year 2050 will live in built-up areas.

This consistent city spread has revealed serious cracks in their planning, shedding light on issues such as social injustice and exclusion, inadequate public transportation networks and smog-related health issues. One idea that has be

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: 12minutecities; klausschwab; wef
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I basically live in a 15 minute city now, I am afraid of Klauus Scchwab's neo Berlin Walls
1 posted on 08/19/2023 1:12:07 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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2 posted on 08/19/2023 1:14:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DallasBiff

More ant hills. People living all shoved in together.


3 posted on 08/19/2023 1:15:42 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: DallasBiff

“How do they work?”

They don’t, except for those that control them. For the dictators, it will work very well. Very well, indeed.


4 posted on 08/19/2023 1:17:10 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: DallasBiff

“As recently as a two decades ago, more people lived in the countryside than in urban areas.”

hmm, seems maybe related to the mass migrations of people tptb have forced upon citizens of some countries?


5 posted on 08/19/2023 1:22:20 PM PDT by b4me
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To: DallasBiff

Yeah. They’re basically the way cities used to be built. Little pods of commercial and residential. The classic town square model, or the inside out version. Most of Tucson is the inside out version, commercial streets every mile, residential in the middle. Way better than the suburban sprawl with one way in and no stores for 2 or 3 miles.


6 posted on 08/19/2023 1:26:44 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DallasBiff
Ah. Urban life. Throw a few trees in there and they'll be fine.


7 posted on 08/19/2023 1:28:05 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: DallasBiff

Let’s start with Martha’s Vineyard.


8 posted on 08/19/2023 1:38:38 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: plain talk
Some time in the future it'll be easier to get around. \_(**)_/


9 posted on 08/19/2023 1:38:56 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: DallasBiff

Most people doubt we’ll be flying soon, but I want one.
And then all the liberals will have fits because all their sustainable living having single parent feral children moving in with us will have failed.
Forced bussing failed and high density living with public transportation will fail.
Just quit inviting illiterates into our country.
Go back to a manufacturing economy.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=evtol


10 posted on 08/19/2023 1:39:59 PM PDT by Haddit
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To: DallasBiff

Lahaina is a good example......


11 posted on 08/19/2023 1:42:41 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: discostu

The big difference is that we’ll to TOLD if and when we can leave, which transforms a 15 minute city into a high-end concentration camp.


12 posted on 08/19/2023 1:44:55 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: DallasBiff

15 minutes into living in one you want to leave, but can’t.


13 posted on 08/19/2023 1:48:20 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: DallasBiff

We have had 15 minute cities before and they were called coal towns or company towns! The company sold the inhabitants everything and there was zero competition. The company owned it and you rented it. The company controlled the wages too along with travel. And if you got married well Skippy the town boss got first crack at it if he wanted to! https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/minewars-coalcamps/


14 posted on 08/19/2023 1:50:47 PM PDT by Plumberman27
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To: discostu

The part of town I live in now is like that. Square mile sections with businesses mostly near the major intersections. Everything we need is nearby.


15 posted on 08/19/2023 1:51:23 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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“Paris also wants to repurpose half of its 140,000 car parking spaces, turning them into green areas, playgrounds, neighborhood meetups or bike parking spots.”

BS. Soon as they get possession those parking lots would be repurposed into businesses.


16 posted on 08/19/2023 1:52:07 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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Repurpose the parking lots into migrant camps.


17 posted on 08/19/2023 1:54:50 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DallasBiff; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; 300winmag; ...
(From the news Source article):" The idea behind the concept is to build cities in such a way that most daily necessities and services are located within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
Carlos Moreno, urbanist and professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris first came up with the idea in 2016.
He wanted everyone to have easy access to shops, schools, doctors, the gym, parks, restaurants and cultural institutions."

At first read, the concept seems quite human centered; however when coupled with WEF philosophy of population control, war on fossil fuels, manufactured famine,
and total elimination of private property and transportation, it reminds me of an ability to create a barrio system, or a ghetto.
Additional information is contained in the original news source at DW.com, which I believe to hail from Germany, which is the home of the WEF/ Schwaub movement.
We already have a '15 minute city' in the USA; it's called the boroughs of New York City - how's that working out ?
New York City and London City, UK are experimenting with increased transport fees in both cities in order to cut down on private transportation traffic.

18 posted on 08/19/2023 2:01:30 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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Ah, the World Enslavement Fascistocracy. 15-minute ghettos are an old favorite of Blowfeld’s family. Want to know all about 15-minute ghettos? Just open a history book and look under “Warsaw Ghetto”. You will find all you need to know. There is an old saying, nothing new under the sun.


19 posted on 08/19/2023 2:04:04 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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I used to live in a 5 minute city. We just called it a small town.


20 posted on 08/19/2023 2:11:20 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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