I was expecting something related to Seasteading before clicking the link. Anyone else?
I was expecting planning for climate change and the rising sea levels.
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#12Can someone make this as a Cities: Skylines mod?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Why do you guess that? The sentence includes both "safe" and "healthy"; the latter is redundant on your guess about the former. This is basic reading comprehension really.
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#14A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
I’m not sure I quite understand why that’d be a red flag?
It’s great if there are lifelines, education, and good security equipment by the water, but if it’d be the city’s responsibility to keep me safe from drowning I’d worry they’d try to push me into swimming only where and when they have chosen.
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#15Fucking mad, but I love it.
Of course, you need to work into the culture swimming as a foundational cultural thing. (Not so in the US!)
I can see us getting there in some decades. It tracks with other aspirational goals which are in progress.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Why do you guess that? The sentence includes both "safe" and "healthy"; the latter is redundant on your guess about the former. This is basic reading comprehension really.
A lake can be unsafe for people to swim in yet have a healthy ecosystem and vice versa. Or, if your reading is correct, redundancy might be an aesthetic choice.
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#17Interesting to see Sydney Water put their sponsorship near the top of this. So much of Sydney including its larger rivers and waterholes are swimmable. Even our unique (but not very well known) ocean pools make many of our more dangerous surf beaches accessible.
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#18A big red flag for me is that safety is not one of their foundational values.
My guess is that it goes without saying, because it's part of their school curriculum. (Assuming this has a particular countries perspective)
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#19American 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…
Why you can't swim after the rain? Does the water get dirty, or else?
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#20American 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…
What's the app called? I'd like to reference it to see if I can swim when I visit :D