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Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK? (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Many here have (rightly) pointed to the conspiracy theory among the right, I think that there's another (albeit smaller) reason: conformity and general laziness. This is especially true here in the U.S. People have just gotten too used to car dependency and suburbia.

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