Swimmable Cities
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Swimmable Cities
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Re: Swimmable Cities
#2A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
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#3I was expecting something related to Seasteading before clicking the link. Anyone else?
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#4I was expecting something related to Seasteading before clicking the link. Anyone else?
I was imagining something more like concept-city based around an extensive quasi-Venetian canal network, where "swimmable" (like "walkable") defined a possible mode of regular transport.
Also swim-up bars.
Re: Swimmable Cities
#5A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
It's literally the first thing in the list of foundational values.
> 1. The Right to Swim
> Safe, healthy and swimmable waterways should be accessible to all people.
Re: Swimmable Cities
#6A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
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#7A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
It's literally the first thing in the list of foundational values. > 1. The Right to Swim > Safe , healthy and swimmable waterways should be accessible to all people.
I guess they mean safe water as in water you will not get ill from swimming in whereas I think parent is talking about safety as in safe from drowning
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#9American living in Copenhagen here. We check all of these boxes. The entire channel that runs through town is swimmable thanks to decades of work cleaning it up. On a warm summer day, you could expect maybe 1000+ swimmers in the water in the city centre across all the locations. We also do Vinterbadere (Winter Bathing) throughout the year. The only time you can't swim is after a day or two of sustained rain and there is an app and red/green light system. My family lives on one of the new infill man-made "islands" and we have canals that run through our neighbourhood and you can swim laps around our apartment building.
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#10I was expecting something related to Seasteading before clicking the link. Anyone else?
I just spent some time in Basel, so I thought they'd mention about how the locals go for a dip after work with their wickelfisch and float downstream back home