“Osaka” by lsusr

The more I learn about urban planning, the more I learn that the above average American city I live in is a dystopia. I'm referring specifically to urban planning, and I'm not being hyperbolic. Have you ever watched the teen dystopia movie Divergent? The whole city is perfectly walkable (or parkourable, if you're Dauntless). I don't know if it even has cars. The USA's urban planning is so bad it's worse than a literal sci-fi dystopia.

[One of the above photos is from the young adult dystopia movie Divergent. The other is a photo of Tacoma, Washington.]

Sometimes I consider moving to a city with more weirdo nerds. Then I remember Lightcone's headquarters is in San Francisco. On the cost of living vs good urban planning tradeoff, "Let's all move to San Francisco" is the worst coordination failure I can imagine.

It is said that urbanists are radicalized by [...]

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First published:
February 26th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6HrehKoLnXsr6Byff/osaka

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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