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[–]jet199 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

There's this 15 minute city thing where everything you need is within a 15 minute walk to stop you driving.

Sounds nice but it's really about creating battery farmed workers with no communities.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

There's this 15 minute city thing where everything you need is within a 15 minute walk to stop you driving.

Doesn't work, see Houston. There's 5 versions of everything in a 15 minute walk, including asian massage parlors, everyone still drives everywhere.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, it has more to do with poor urban planning than distance. Cities are designed around cars.