The Traditional City simply refers to the pattern of development that human civilization has built in for millenia.

If you want to suddenly re-evaluate the place you live, and the way your living in it. Its a bit 15 minute cities-esque without the popular narrative.

  • NathMA
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    21 hours ago

    I love the thought experiment of it, and I’m 100% the target demographic for such a place. But I’ve never seen it in action and I struggle to imagine it.

    I would think nothing of walking a mile. I cycle most of the time, but the train station is 1km away and I never hesitate to walk to it.

    Despite being happy to walk and ride most of the time, I can’t quite imagine going 100% car-less. I think I’d need to live in such a city for a while to let go of the car entirely.

        • NathMA
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          21 hours ago

          I’m probably showing my age/nerdiness. The old school adage is RTFM, referring to reading the manual. In ye-olden newsgroup days, it was a common response to someone asking a (dumb) question that was covered in the manual page for the thing.

          RTFA was a common adaptation on Slashdot and the early days of Reddit when people read a headline and started wading into discussions. Somewhere along the way, that behavior was normalised and I guess the term has fallen out of use.