15-minute cities

[HisArpy]

Walkable cities are much more friendly to the handicapped. With accommodations like curb cuts, people in electric wheel chairs can get around on their own. Not to mention people with visual impairments or brain injuries who can’t safety drive a car.

There's a book out there which I read when I was young - Follow my Leader. It's about a boy who lost his sight in an accident and gets a seeing eye dog.

While at a school for the blind he was shown a protrusion on a stone fireplace and warned that it's at his face level so he needs to be careful. He asked why it wasn't padded.

The reply is that the world can't be built around his handicap, he must learn to adapt to the world as it exists and that his safety and health are his responsibility.

The point to this analogy in this discussion is that curb cuts and other aids for the handicapped aren't supposed to replace the real world, they're to assist the handicapped and help them adapt so they can live in the real world.

Making all of mankind live/work/play at the level of the least common denominator reduces all of us instead of lifting anyone. Your 15 minute city attempts to put everyone into the same box as if we are all nothing more than a single individual with equal needs/wants/desires. This is the flaw in "equity" because we are not all the same.

We do not change the world so that we are only equal to the least of us. Instead we should strive to change the world so that the least of us are as great as the rest.

 

[HisArpy]

I have no idea what you mean by this. A lot of people don’t have marvelous lives. Making it easier and cheaper for normal people to live their daily lives is a good thing.

It means you lack vision and instead rely on the ideas of others which are designed solely to enrich themselves at your expense while believing that to be a good thing for everyone to emulate.

 

[HisArpy]

What did I say in the posts you quoted that I am being stupid about?

Empathy?
Energy efficiency?
Community?
Convenience?
Raising successful self-motivated kids?
Donating time to help others?

The world doesn't run exclusively on any or all of those things. They're a part of the world, not the controlling factors. Believing that you can force empathy or any of the other factors YOU believe to be important on everyone else is where you fall off the turnip truck and face plant in the dirt on the side of the road.

 

[Rightguide]

Walkable cities are much more friendly to the handicapped. With accommodations like curb cuts, people in electric wheel chairs can get around on their own. Not to mention people with visual impairments or brain injuries who can’t safety drive a car.

Subways and trains work well in Cities that go up, but are only marginally useful in cities that go out in every degree of direction. That's why California freeways are jammed daily. That, and the sense of freedom of choice an individual has when using his own vehicle to arrive at a given destination.

 

[AlexBailey]

Making all of mankind live/work/play at the level of the least common denominator reduces all of us instead of lifting anyone. Your 15 minute city attempts to put everyone into the same box as if we are all nothing more than a single individual with equal needs/wants/desires. This is the flaw in "equity" because we are not all the same.

What an insufferable moron you are, aren’t you?

When and where did anyone say anything about “Making all of mankind…” live in the 15 minute cities?

Fuck you’re more dense than affordable housing in Tokyo.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

There's a book out there which I read when I was young - Follow my Leader. It's about a boy who lost his sight in an accident and gets a seeing eye dog.

While at a school for the blind he was shown a projection on a stone fireplace and warned that it's at his face level so he needs to be careful. He asked why the projection wasn't padded.

The reply is that the world can't be built around his handicap, he must learn to adapt to the world as it exists and that his safety and health are his responsibility.

The point to this analogy in this discussion is that curb cuts and other aids for the handicapped aren't supposed to replace the real world, they're to assist the handicapped and help them adapt so they can live in the real world.

Making all of mankind live/work/play at the level of the least common denominator reduces all of us instead of lifting anyone. Your 15 minute city attempts to put everyone into the same box as if we are all nothing more than a single individual with equal needs/wants/desires. This is the flaw in "equity" because we are not all the same.

We do not change the world so that we are only equal to the least of us. Instead we should strive to change the world so that the least of us are as great as the rest.

No one is being forced to live in a 15-minute-city, but for years city planners have focused on car infrastructure at the expense of walkability. In lots of cities in America, car ownership is mandatory. You have to drive EVERYWHERE.

 

[Rightguide]

There's a book out there which I read when I was young - Follow my Leader. It's about a boy who lost his sight in an accident and gets a seeing eye dog.

While at a school for the blind he was shown a protrusion on a stone fireplace and warned that it's at his face level so he needs to be careful. He asked why it wasn't padded.

The reply is that the world can't be built around his handicap, he must learn to adapt to the world as it exists and that his safety and health are his responsibility.

The point to this analogy in this discussion is that curb cuts and other aids for the handicapped aren't supposed to replace the real world, they're to assist the handicapped and help them adapt so they can live in the real world.

Making all of mankind live/work/play at the level of the least common denominator reduces all of us instead of lifting anyone. Your 15 minute city attempts to put everyone into the same box as if we are all nothing more than a single individual with equal needs/wants/desires. This is the flaw in "equity" because we are not all the same.

We do not change the world so that we are only equal to the least of us. Instead we should strive to change the world so that the least of us are as great as the rest.

Well played.

 

[Rightguide]

What an insufferable moron you are, aren’t you?

When and where did anyone say anything about “Making all of mankind…” live in the 15 minute cities?

Fuck you’re more dense than affordable housing in Tokyo.

Here, have a tissue.

 

[Rightguide]

No one is being forced to live in a 15-minute-city, but for years city planners have focused on car infrastructure at the expense of walkability. In lots of cities in America, car ownership is mandatory. You have to drive EVERYWHERE.

And before that it was the horse...

 

[HisArpy]

Subways and trains work well in Cities that go up, but are only marginally useful in cities that go out in every degree of direction. That's why California freeways are jammed daily. That, and the sense of freedom of choice an individual has when using his own vehicle to arrive at a given destination.

The idea that not everyone fits into the same lifestyle situation they're in is beyond their understanding.

The big city isn't everywhere. Neither is small town America.

 

[HisArpy]

What an insufferable moron you are, aren’t you?

When and where did anyone say anything about “Making all of mankind…” live in the 15 minute cities?

Fuck you’re more dense than affordable housing in Tokyo.

Then the idea of 15 minute cities as the being the saving grace for the planet is moot.

 

[HisArpy]

No one is being forced to live in a 15-minute-city, but for years city planners have focused on car infrastructure at the expense of walkability. In lots of cities in America, car ownership is mandatory. You have to drive EVERYWHERE.

Tell that to those who are pushing the green new deal on the world. I'm sure they'll nod along with you and agree until security can escort you to the door and into the waiting arms of the guys with white coats.

 

[HisArpy]

Here, have a tissue.

You're too generous. I'd have charged him a quarter for each one he used. Global warming and all that jazz.

 

[AlexBailey]

The world doesn't run exclusively on any or all of those things. They're a part of the world, not the controlling factors. Believing that you can force empathy or any of the other factors YOU believe to be important on everyone else is where you fall off the turnip truck and face plant in the dirt on the side of the road.

I don’t believe there is any chance of you developing empathy - no ghosts of Christmas past are going to come help redeem your soul. You seem to have enough wealth that you don’t care where your resources come from or where the waste you produce goes.

Your lack of concern isolates you from the the real-world consequences of your choices. You choose to live up stream and you call anyone else who doesn’t an idiot.

Do you have relatives that can stomach your nonsense who will help you out for your sake, or are they just vultures waiting for your last breath?

Without empathy what good have you done in the world? I’m sure in your long life that you’ve done something good for someone without seeking personal reward, no?

What do you do with your pro-bono work? Right wing political causes? Is that how you help make the world a better place?

It’s funny how many times you’ve told me that I don’t have any friends. Is that a concern that you’re projecting?

I’ve got a song for you that I’m sure you’ve heard before. It reminds me of my conservative stepfather who shares a lot of the beliefs you promote, he just recently got in hospice care - no one will be sad to see him go. People drop in to see my mom, not the old curmudgeon. He alienated everyone, now he’s dying alone in his parlor of books and moth eaten cardigans.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

The idea that not everyone fits into the same lifestyle situation they're in is beyond their understanding.

The big city isn't everywhere. Neither is small town America.

Cars are rural transport. We have decades of planners trying to shoehorn them into cities--tearing down neighborhoods to build freeways, decimating downtowns with parking lots. Don't tell me I'm the one who's blind to different places needing different transit solutions. The ubiquity of car-only suburbs means their inhabitants are often unaware of how their "normal" doesn't work for urban areas.

In my own neighborhood, it took me a while to notice how much subsidized parking the city was providing. Cars parked at the side of the road is just normal, right? But it's a policy choice. In Japan you're not allowed to own a car unless you can demonstrate you have a place to park it.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I don’t believe there is any chance of you developing empathy - no ghosts of Christmas past are going to come help redeem your soul. You seem to have enough wealth that you don’t care where your resources come from or where the waste you produce goes.

Your lack of concern isolates you from the the real-world consequences of your choices. You choose to live up stream and you call anyone else who doesn’t an idiot.

Do you have relatives that can stomach your nonsense who will help you out for your sake, or are they just vultures waiting for your last breath?

Without empathy what good have you done in the world? I’m sure in your long life that you’ve done something good for someone without seeking personal reward, no?

What do you do with your pro-bono work? Right wing political causes? Is that how you help make the world a better place?

It’s funny how many times you’ve told me that I don’t have any friends. Is that a concern that you’re projecting?

I’ve got a song for you that I’m sure you’ve heard before. It reminds me of my conservative stepfather who shares a lot of the beliefs you promote, he just recently got in hospice care - no one will be sad to see him go. People drop in to see my mom, not the old curmudgeon. He alienated everyone, now he’s dying alone in his parlor of books and moth eaten cardigans.

Well played.

 

[HisArpy]

Cars are rural transport. We have decades of planners trying to shoehorn them into cities--tearing down neighborhoods to build freeways, decimating downtowns with parking lots. Don't tell me I'm the one who's blind to different places needing different transit solutions. The ubiquity of car-only suburbs means their inhabitants are often unaware of how their "normal" doesn't work for urban areas.

In my own neighborhood, it took me a while to notice how much subsidized parking the city was providing. Cars parked at the side of the road is just normal, right? But it's a policy choice. In Japan you're not allowed to own a car unless you can demonstrate you have a place to park it.

Note for the record:

This ain't Japan, you ain't Shogun, and Brandon ain't a God/Emperor.

 

[HisArpy]

I don’t believe there is any chance of you developing empathy - no ghosts of Christmas past are going to come help redeem your soul. You seem to have enough wealth that you don’t care where your resources come from or where the waste you produce goes.

Your lack of concern isolates you from the the real-world consequences of your choices. You choose to live up stream and you call anyone else who doesn’t an idiot.

Do you have relatives that can stomach your nonsense who will help you out for your sake, or are they just vultures waiting for your last breath?

Without empathy what good have you done in the world? I’m sure in your long life that you’ve done something good for someone without seeking personal reward, no?

What do you do with your pro-bono work? Right wing political causes? Is that how you help make the world a better place?

It’s funny how many times you’ve told me that I don’t have any friends. Is that a concern that you’re projecting?

I’ve got a song for you that I’m sure you’ve heard before. It reminds me of my conservative stepfather who shares a lot of the beliefs you promote, he just recently got in hospice care - no one will be sad to see him go. People drop in to see my mom, not the old curmudgeon. He alienated everyone, now he’s dying alone in his parlor of books and moth eaten cardigans.

Rudy, you can't have no idea of how little I care...

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Note for the record:

This ain't Japan, you ain't Shogun, and Brandon ain't a God/Emperor.

Japan hasn’t had a shogun since the 19th century, their rules about car ownership date to the 20th century, and what does any of this have to do with the future mayor of Chicago?

 

[Scareltt]

Japan hasn’t had a shogun since the 19th century, their rules about car ownership date to the 20th century, and what does any of this have to do with the future mayor of Chicago?

Chef kiss!

 

[TrailerHitch]

how the fuck did you miss the point of me pointing out that you missed the point?

Mostly because you are a negative asshole that only seeks to cut things down never build them up.

How many jobs did your state add last year? Tennessee added over 450,000. We have a state budget surplus. No state income tax. Fabulous roads. Most rural homes have municipal water.

Here's the killer for idiots like you. Tennessee is a destination state for people from California, New York, and Illinois. Golly what do they have in common? Hm...I wonder. Yepper, they are all blue states that people are abandoning in droves.

 

[schism666]

Mostly because you are a negative asshole that only seeks to cut things down never build them up.

How many jobs did your state add last year? Tennessee added over 450,000. We have a state budget surplus. No state income tax. Fabulous roads. Most rural homes have municipal water.

Here's the killer for idiots like you. Tennessee is a destination state for people from California, New York, and Illinois. Golly what do they have in common? Hm...I wonder. Yepper, they are all blue states that people are abandoning in droves.

lol you still missed the point you clueless schmuck.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

The collapse of a parking garage in lower Manhattan highlights the dangers of cars in cities. The popularity of SUVs mean cars are heavier than they used to be. Switching to EVs will only make the weight problem worse. They're heavier than gasoline-powered cars, causing increased wear and tear on infrastructure.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pa...s-people-injured-trapped-cbs-news-2023-04-18/

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Mostly because you are a negative asshole that only seeks to cut things down never build them up.

How many jobs did your state add last year? Tennessee added over 450,000. We have a state budget surplus. No state income tax. Fabulous roads. Most rural homes have municipal water.

Here's the killer for idiots like you. Tennessee is a destination state for people from California, New York, and Illinois. Golly what do they have in common? Hm...I wonder. Yepper, they are all blue states that people are abandoning in droves.

What they have in common is lots of roads, cars, suburbs and all that has led to high home prices.
Whats Tennessee doing to stop Tennessee from becoming just like these state?

 

[HisArpy]

Japan hasn’t had a shogun since the 19th century, their rules about car ownership date to the 20th century, and what does any of this have to do with the future mayor of Chicago?

Lol.

In modern times the term shōgun is sometimes applied to senior or retired politicians still wielding considerable power and influence

https://jref.com/articles/shogun.29/

Which highlights your real problem; you think small and only repeat the exact words you're spoon fed while failing to understand that the world is much larger and more complex than you believe or admit to.



As for the rest, well, you brought it up. I only pointed out that the source you used for it is the hole between your ass cheeks.