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Does anyone have a mirror? I’m in authoritarian UK so the link is blocked
> Does anyone have a mirror? I’m in authoritarian UK so the link is blocked Here you go. I had it uploaded after hearing from the magospietato's comment but then saw you talk about the same so I am pasting the same image link here as well https://files.catbox.moe/c4smhd.png
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Necessities get made because there's someone to buy them. Only 5% of people are employed in agriculture and 15% in manufacturing. 80% of working people could do nothing and we'd still be fine when it comes to necessities. And we don't even have peak automation.
Could we perhaps include medical care in the necessities don't you think?
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That's maybe nice for prestige projects but imho the main problem in architecture is projects on a budget and how money is allocated. There should be a law that says that X% of the building costs should be in the facade, the part that everybody sees. That alone should help a lot in making cities look nicer.
> There should be a law that says that X% of the building costs should be in the facade Cities solve this with design requirements and through the approval process. Specifying a minimum spend isn’t going to make the buildings look nice by itself. You’d just get weird budget games being played. Cities with restrictive planning commissions can push buildings toward certain looks. People get angry about it, though, beca…
Yes I didn't say they have to get rid of existing procedures.
I ran it on the "society if..." meme lol https://imgur.com/a/nFQN5tx
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That is something I've found over the years with traveling. You watch a bunch of travel videos and think the place you're visiting is going to be so different but its just the same overcast sky and ocean and washed out color palette as home. Once you remove all the filters, color correction, and drone shots from influencer travel videos a lot of places look the same IRL.
Try visiting Przemysl or Lviv. Stunningly beautiful.
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Complete aside, but it's beyond infuriating I need to enable a VPN here in the UK to view this link.
It's ironic because it looks like a picture of a dilapidated 2000s "millennium park" type of location which are common in the UK.