The case for 15-minute cities
The concept of a city where all essentials are 15 minutes away by foot or bike has come under fire from conspiracy theorists recently. But it’s just how people in cities used to live.
At my last apartment in Oakland, it took five minutes to walk to the local library or a coffeeshop, or to get a burrito or dumplings or Nepalese food. I was a few blocks from a dentist, a hardware store, a shoe repair shop, two bookstores, and four grocery stores; a few blocks further, I could go to a movie or get on a train to go see a show downtown or in San Francisco. A park with a hiking trail around a large reservoir was a 10-minute bike ride away. It was easy to drive, but I just didn’t have to.
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