Paris Mayor: It's Time for a '15-Minute City'
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#2Paris needs to go one step further and remodel itself so that residents can have all their needs met—be they for work, shopping, health, or culture—within 15 minutes of their own doorstep.
As someone that has spent a lot of time living in Paris, this is already pretty much true, at least within the Périphérique. The main issue in my experience is the lack of green space; there are surprisingly few parks in Paris.
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#3At the same time, there is a 30m2 (323 sqft) Parisian apartment for sale for e1.2mm (USD 1.3mm). Not sure these things are quite compatible...
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#4More convenience stores will be needed. Ones with longer hours.
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#5More convenience stores will be needed. Ones with longer hours.
Do Parisian convenience stores close at night? Chinese urban convenience stores don't; even here in the American suburbs CVS is open 24 hours, and so is Safeway.
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#6I wonder how many more jobs are needed to make this possible. You'd need more of everything, plus longer/staggered open hours (who decides what hours make the most sense, for which districts?).
On the plus side, you'd have more convenience and less need for vehicle transit. On the potentially negative side, how many of these jobs would realistically pay a living wage?
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#7I wonder how many more jobs are needed to make this possible. You'd need more of everything, plus longer/staggered open hours (who decides what hours make the most sense, for which districts?). On the plus side, you'd have more convenience and less need for vehicle transit. On the potentially negative side, how many of these jobs would realistically pay a living wage?
She's just a politician trying to get reelected, don't expect too much out of this.
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#8I lived in Japan for a few years and I felt like they’ve nailed this concept.
Everyone I knew across different parts of Tokyo lived within a 10 min walk of a supermarket, school, nursery, doctor, train station etc. It worked really well.
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#9I am curious if the pickpockets still run rampant all over the tourist areas and subway. Few years back in 3 days:
1. Dad ran into undercover cop who on subway who told him to watch his stuff better :o
2. Got his phone stolen next day on subway, I guess cop was right
3. I witnessed the typical distract, grab and run.. good thing someone threw trip and got the runner to drop his prize
4. Had to deal with 3-4 typical: “please sign this petition while my partner tries to come up from behind and snatch your crap thing”. The East European scowl and choice mat solved it
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#10This is essentially Copenhagen but at 5-7x (?) scale. Very cool.