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Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK? (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s not “a toxic idea in the UK”. Fuck the fucking shitrag guardian. Paris is a city, the UK is a country (or 4 countries if you prefer) - so we could by comparing similar entities?

There is some political theatre around a tiny minority of swivel eyed loonies in London . That’s it .

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

One country and four occupied territories.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Sometimes NI doesn’t even appear on the miniature versions of maps 😬