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Ciara

Apparently there’s a conspiracy theory that 15-minute cities are urban prisons where residents must wear QR codes that track their restricted movements. As opposed to the reality: mixed-use neighbourhoods so handy that signposts can use walking minutes as the unit of distance to the library, theatres, cafés, community services, museums, parks and shops.



Fingerpost signs in mixed-use city centre Aarhus. They are nicely designed - dark green with white type. They point in different directions with the names of nearby residential apartment complexes and to facilities including the library (21 minutes - that's a careful strolling speed) and Theatre (13 minutes) and Aros art museum (10 minutes). There are also signs to underground car parking - cars are not forbidden in the city centre; it's just nicer and quicker (and free or cheaper) to walk and cycle or take public transport to get around.
Fingerpost signs in a mid-city mixed-use area with old and new buildings and with busy pedestrian routes to offices, shops, service companies, museums, recreational facilities, residential areas, the historic café district etc. Distance to facilities like the open-air museum and the university and the buzzing shopping & café district The Latin Quarter is given in minutes. 
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Mark Newton

@CiaraNi The really deep conspiracy theory subscribers say we don’t need QR codes because that’s what the microchips in the Covid vaccines are for.

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Arik

@NewtonMark @CiaraNi the conspiracy theory I heard was that you will not be allowed to go more than 15 minutes from the place where you live, or that you'd have to pay extra to travel beyond 15 minutes.

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Mark Newton

@arikb @CiaraNi Yeah that’s the inside-out they do. “15 minute cities” are where everything you need is within 15 minutes, the conspiracy theorists turn it around and say they’re places where you’re not allowed more than 15 minutes away from where you live.

Ciara

@NewtonMark Inside-outside, and backwards too. When most day-to-day stuff - grocery store, hardware, library, shops, dry cleaner, repair café, dentist, doctor, bike shop, hairdresser etc - is within easy reach locally, it's easy to get basic stuff done 'in passing'. That frees up more time to spend on leisure and on visits to places farther away.

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