Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

Ukrainian terrorists strike at airfields of Russian long-range aviation

This morning, information appeared about a drone strike on the Engels airfield in the Saratov region and a fire on a tanker at the Dyagilevo airbase in Ryazan. As reported, in the first case, we are talking about two injured and two damaged Tu-95MS missile carriers, there is no complete information on the second incident yet.

One could say that two events on the same day are an accident, but at both airfields (this is public information) there are parts of long-range aviation used to strike at objects of the Ukrainian energy system.

If in the case of the Ryazan region it can be assumed that the UAV was launched from the territory of Ukraine, then there are doubts about Engels. With a high degree of probability, the drone worked from our territory, which means that enemy DRGs have already reached the banks of the Volga. If the drone came from Ukraine, then our enemy already has technology with a range of 1000 km, which means that Moscow is under attack.


Now it's not funny...
In the bigger picture - totally irelevant. Does it flew from Ukraine, are there diversant groups on the teritory of Russia, totally irelevant.

Russia is grinding Ukraine and the west Europe, plus disturbing USA influence all over the world.

Russia sometimes looks as harmless silly fool in the west's eye, probably on purpose. Makes the job easier and makes West sink more into their wishful thinking.
 
🤔 ....Hmm, why I am not surprised!

"Balenciaga is one of the biggest name brands in the world, so it makes sense that they would be connected to some of the most famous celebrities – and politicians, it seems. This year, Demna became the ambassador of the fundraising platform initiated by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy".

United24 was launched on May 5, 2022 to act as the "main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine," as stated on their official website. So far, the charity has raised nearly $233 million. Demna Gvasalia, creative director of Balenciaga – who some people believe is behind the brand's recent disturbing Gift Shop campaign – became an ambassador for United24 just two months after its launch. President Zelenskyy himself thanked Demna's support of Ukraine during the Balenciaga Winter '22 show in March 2022, when the creative director shared his personal experience as a refugee.

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"Thank you for your support, it is very much appreciated. It is extremely important to keep the world's attention on Ukraine in order to help rebuild our country," said Zelenskyy. The Balenciaga show featured models who strutted in the most lavish, designer outfits through fake snowfall. But it wasn't about fashion, according to Demna. “Fashion doesn’t matter now. The message must be love and peace, and fashion has to assume a strong position in this crisis," he says.

Demna, who is a refugee from Georgia, shared his thoughts on being an ambassador on his Instagram in July: "I am honored to become a United24 ambassador. I know very well and feel the pain that Ukrainians are going through. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can help Ukraine and all the refugees who want to return home. That is why I decided to focus on the humanitarian direction 'Ukraine Recovery'. And the special sweatshirt that we created at Balenciaga will be a kind of message of support for Ukraine."

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Thanks to Demna's partnership with Zelenskyy and United24, Balenciaga created long-sleeved shirts depicting the Ukrainian flag and the country's coat of arms. For $261.80, you, too, can help Ukrainian refugees.

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Of course, those who are now critical of Demna were quick to question him and Zelenskyy’s actions: “Oh wow Creative Director for Balenciaga became the ambassador for Ukraine Recovery program designed to help temporarily displaced people,” writes @Oleyb3. “So the guy who rubber stamped the bdsm child photos was helping Ukraine with their homeless? Does that include kids?”

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This month, Balenciaga fueled outrage for featuring children in inappropriate campaign photos. Their other pictures displayed documents discussing virtual child pornography and books on disturbing subjects. The luxury brand has since issued an apology and filed a lawsuit against the company North Six Inc. and Nicholas Des Jardins LLC, who they say are responsible for the photos. However, North Six and a representative for Nicholas Des Jardins LLC have stated they were not involved with the production of the images of teddy bears in bondage gear.
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Airbases Deep Inside Russia Rocked By Explosions; New Wave Of Airstrikes Pummel Ukraine​

BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, DEC 05, 2022 - 07:45 AM

"The Saratov base lies some 600 kilometers east of Ukraine, so both the bases are relatively deep inside Russian territory."

 

Airbases Deep Inside Russia Rocked By Explosions; New Wave Of Airstrikes Pummel Ukraine​

BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, DEC 05, 2022 - 07:45 AM

"The Saratov base lies some 600 kilometers east of Ukraine, so both the bases are relatively deep inside Russian territory."

In the article, there is this map of where the alleged drone strikes have hit:
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Photos of blast site:


 

Drone attack ignites oil storage near airfield in Kursk, governor reports​

It is noted that all emergency services are working at the scene

KURSK, December 6. /TASS/. An oil tank near an airfield in Kursk, western Russia caught fire after a drone attack, governor of the Kursk Region, Roman Starovoit, reported on Tuesday.
"An oil tank is on fire as a result of a drone attack near the Kursk airfield. There are no casualties. The fire is currently being localized," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
All emergency services are working at the scene, the governor added.
Kursk Airport has not been servicing flights since February 24. Similar restrictions are in place for a number of other Russian airports.
On Monday morning, the Kiev regime made attempts to strike two military airfields, in the Ryazan and Saratov regions, using Soviet-made drones, Russian’s Defense Ministry reported earlier.
 
I propose an article with a look at the prospects of Ukraine (and not only?) in terms of recent historical events.
The translation is machine-made, I corrected it in some places as best I could, so don't blame me if anything.
The hunted Ukrainian nag
Euroucrs have always chosen the wrong ones. In their age-old attempts to finally lie down under the strongest master, they always made a wrong bet, watching in suffering how the cursed Muscovites multiplied by zero the strength of the very white gentleman who, like that Varangian, was invited to come and rule.

Poles, Swedes and Germans at one time severely disappointed freedom-loving European Ukrainians, naively imagining that the owner who came from somewhere would suddenly give them freedom by sharing the captured Russian lands. Now the wheel of history with a crunch has made another turn, and the bloomers have again chosen a new owner, in whom they must inevitably be disappointed. And you will have to be disappointed, because the United States, appointed to the role of master, has always necessarily abandoned its allies.

Incubator of exceptional people

The United States of America, a huge corporation created on the territory taken from the Indians, is itself a well—known separatist. At the beginning of the XIX century, the rebellious colonialists fought with the British Empire for three years, eventually achieving independence.

For half a thousand years, since the arrival of Columbus on the American continent, there, as in a real laboratory, a very special type of people has emerged — ambitious hoochers who do not disdain any means to achieve the goal. As a rule, desperate guys went to colonize those expanses, whose land was burning under their feet at home and who did not just take off from their place, going to the end of the world. Kindness, modesty, honesty and decency did not take root there, giving way to arrogance, cruelty and selfishness. Otherwise, there was simply no way to survive in the Wild West.

And while ordinary Americans can be as nice as they like, their government, regardless of the presidents, has always demonstrated the same policy, putting national selfishness bordering on fascism at the forefront. This feature of US foreign policy has given birth to many common definitions: "arrogant as a Yankee", "cowboy rudeness", "American elephant in a china shop", etc.

In America itself, many beautiful concepts were also born. For example, "a world based on rules" is about rules that are above international law. They are invented by the Americans themselves and decide for themselves when these rules should be terminated. A completely disfigured concept of democracy was born in America. If the word "democracy" in the speeches of Western and pro-Western politicians is replaced by "USA" and "US interests", then much will become clear. "America above all" is a well—known slogan that is very similar to the Nazi "Germany above all". Finally, the US government has long and persistently used the term "exclusivity", justifying, firstly, any lawlessness committed in the name of "democracy", and secondly, attempts to act as the supreme justice of the peace and a policeman.

As a result, if the current USA needed to play one actor in some theater, then it would be necessary to embody the image of a dangerous robber without conscience, compassion and honor, serving only his personal interests, violating any rules for them and abandoning "his sons of bitches". Here, by the way, is another beautiful image once expressed by President Roosevelt in relation to Anastasio Somoza, the dictator of Nicaragua.

The changeable fate of the "sons of bitches"

Over the past couple of centuries, America has organized more than two hundred military invasions and just coups in various countries of the world. And—it must be so— such an invasion did not bring anything good to any of them. The invasions were followed by dictatorship, bloodshed and impoverishment. Against this background, the number of idiots who dream of the American occupation, after which, in their opinion, an increase in living standards will come, is always touching.

Americans can be arbitrarily fickle in terms of the rules of interaction with the outside world, but there is something in which they demonstrate reinforced concrete stability - this is the betrayal of their former allies, who are abandoned like a used contraceptive at the first need, not at all embarrassed, not ashamed and not trying to pretend that they are very sorry.

Let's go through the most famous cases of such a breakup.

There was once a guy - Adolf Hitler, who did not like communism, Jews and Russians, and in whom British and American bankers invested such colossal funds that allowed him to create the very "German economic miracle", which was allegedly born as a result of the incredible diligence of the German people, but in fact due to fantastic loans from the sides of Western capital, which perfectly understood in whom exactly it was investing.

Investors, not without reason, expected to warm their hands well in the conflagration of a future war, which Herr Hitler, according to their understanding, had to arrange in Europe, and at the same time conquer these obstinate Russians occupying too large a territory.

You know perfectly well how it ended. Against their former favorite, whose face was printed on the cover of the American Time magazine as the honored person of the year (it was in 1938), yesterday's patrons eventually opened a second front, hurrying to get their hands on what the Soviet troops had not yet reached. There is an opinion that it was the Americans who were the main inspirers of Hitler's exploits, and at some point he clearly counted on much more help from the United States, but, unfortunately, he did not wait.

Meanwhile, America, before opening the notorious lend-lease with the USSR, traded well with Germany, very actively supporting it in the conquest campaign to the east. You know very well how Herr Hitler's friendship with the collective West led by the Americans ended. He was betrayed and abandoned when it became clear that the bet had not been played and the modest Austrian artist had not mastered it.

Once upon a time there was a guy named Fulgencio Batista, who hated communism so much that in the middle of the last century he became the dictator of Cuba, drowning this sunny island in blood and total repression. In his power, he relied on the United States, with which in 1934 he concluded a treaty that actually established an American protectorate over Cuba with all the ensuing consequences.

Like all dictators, Pan Baptiste was disliked, and one day he lost power for eight years, losing the elections in 1944. And then in 1952, by the forces of the same American special services, he again reached the presidency during a military coup. And everything would be fine if another talented young man, a certain Fidel Castro, did not live in Cuba, who, as a result of a normal popular revolution, was able to expel dictator Batista from the country. The latter, of course, as a long-term American six wanted to emigrate safely to the United States, but the Americans refused him entry, and Pan Batista was forced to wander the world for the rest of his days. It was an unambiguous "own son of a bitch" for America, who was abandoned, as they say, at the first lookout.

Once upon a time there was a boy named Lee Seung-man, who once took and became first the head of the provisional government of the Republic of Korea, and then its first president. That Korea, which is now known as South Korea. As it should be, Pan Li disliked communism very much. He was supported by the US army, which invaded the then united Korea.

Having come to power as a result of electoral fraud, followed by popular protests and their harsh suppression, the pan president eventually made himself virtually the perpetual king of the state entrusted to him, but when he became objectionable to the United States, he was staged a classic student Maidan, after which he was safely overthrown.

The technology of that very Maidan of 1960 is remarkable. Students dissatisfied with corruption and election fraud began to take to the streets. They took coffee and a good mood with them and went out to ride for freedom. And then, when it seemed that the protests were dying down, they were sprayed with blood. Suddenly, it became known about the death of one of the protesters — a student who died allegedly from a head injury inflicted like a tear gas grenade, which was thrown by one of the policemen. After that, a serious batch began, as a result of which more than a hundred people died, and Pan Lee Seung Man eventually dumped in Hawaii.

I read the details of that Maidan, and tears of emotion appear in my eyes. All the components are available: "the evil panda", "the purchased elections", "the innocent victim of the bloody regime", "the heavenly hundred", etc. The only difference is that Lee Seung Man remained under the control of the CIA until the end of his days, while the CIA planned to send Pan Yanukovych to his forefathers.

Once upon a time there was a guy Ngo Dinh Ziem, who - like a surprise — also hated communism and therefore gained great support from the United States, eventually becoming the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, technically leading the southern part of the country torn apart by the civil war and the very American intervention.

Infinitely shaking hands and following in the wake of democratic values, Pan Ngo eventually did not like his American patrons, as a result of which in 1962 he was killed during a military coup led by a high-ranking officer Zuong Van Minh, who eventually merged the entire protest, lost together with the Americans that war that ended in 1975, and died—where would you think? — in American emigration in the state of California, where he was safely evacuated by the special services when he finally acquired the status of a downed pilot. Such an interesting cycle of American sixes.
Once upon a time there was a guy named Manuel Noriega, who, under the pretext of disliking communism, became "his son of a bitch" for the United States, coming to power in Panama in 1983. Then everything was as it should be with pro-American dictators. He launched a bloody terror among the disloyal population in full. But then, some six years later, the United States conducts a short but demonstrative military campaign of invasion of Panama, followed by the overthrow of its yesterday's murzilka, which has become too wayward and, as it is fashionable to say now, toxic. In the USA, he was sentenced to an impressive 40 years without the right to extradite to a third party. The latter condition, however, was violated by extraditing Noriega to the Panamanian authorities shortly before his death.

Once upon a time there was a boy Saddam Hussein who loved a beautiful life and power. You may be surprised, but during the struggle for this very power, he showed himself quite well as a bright fighter against communism. It was the Communists who at some stage were one of his main opponents, and it was they who got the most from the future dictator. For example, in 1978, on Saddam's orders, 31 communists were executed at once, whom he called foreign agents.

In 1982, the United States suddenly removed Iraq from its own list of countries supporting terrorism. As Yevgeny Primakov once stated on the rights of an orientalist, Saddam was once relied on not only in the USSR, but also in the United States. Therefore, it is not surprising that when the Americans did go to plunder Iraq, they were met by the local army, armed mainly with American weapons and equipment, because the United States supported Hussein for many decades, including helping to create the very chemical weapons, under the pretext of which they eventually decided to depose him. You know what the Iraqi leader ended up with.

In 2019, the Americans are betraying their main allies in deriban Syria - the Kurds. The latter, naively counting on help in creating their own state, were left alone on the ice floe between the Assad army, Erdogan's army and a bunch of terrorist organizations banned in our country. By the way, the latter were also abandoned by the Americans. It is hardly a secret for anyone that ISIS - banned in the Russian Federation — was promoted as a military force by the Americans. The photograph, in which former US Senator John McCain stands in company with the head of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is an eloquent cherry on the cake of the entire so-called US war on terrorism in Syria. The Americans fought so hard with all that motley gop company from among the supporters of the radical purity of Islam that even a little bit and Syria did not become. But Russia intervened, showing how to really fight. After the turning point in that war, the Americans abandoned their allies when they became too toxic and simply unprofitable.

Finally, in 2021, the United States abandoned its puppet government of Afghanistan, put by the Gauleiters over this difficult region. The throw was, needless to say, epic. American soldiers put their beloved dogs on the passenger seats in departing planes, while citizens who were afraid of the arrival of the Taliban clung to the elements of the fuselage and fell from the sky, thereby marking a natural outcome in the fate of everyone who decides to have a little fun, leaning on Uncle Sam's shoulder, counting on his lifelong support.

Waiting for the denouement

And now Ukraine has crawled into the arena, whose citizens, for some reason, consider themselves unique and inimitable from endless lack of intelligence. Any examples from history, any of its regularities have never been an example for European Ukrainians. Including for their kind of people's deputies. And if the latter can still somehow be understood - not all the overthrown American sixes certainly ended their lives in a tragic way — then it is positively impossible to understand the bloomers, rejoicing that they seem to have Americans as friends. It's like imagining a fox wanting to help fix life in a chicken coop, or a serial rapist offering himself as a bath attendant in a women's bathhouse. The solution is obvious — friendship with the Americans must be resisted to the last drop of blood. War with them, as history shows and as Henry Kissinger once said, it is still possible to survive, but friendship — never.

But here's the thing — Ukraine is now confident that they are winning. This idea is echoed by the world pro-Western press. Apparently, part of the pro-American political elite also forced itself to believe this. And, as you know, no one throws winners. While Ukraine is committing suicide exploits on the battlefield, it will be supported. However, the whole nuance is that these exploits are suicidal, that they cannot last forever, and it will not take long before the whole world sees that Ukraine is actually suffering a crushing defeat, after which the very lend-lease will run out, as it began to run out in 1943 for Germany, and you shouldn't be too surprised if suddenly some American missiles under the slogan "So don't get you to anyone" will eventually arrive at some remnants of important Ukrainian infrastructure such as the Rivne NPP. There have already been such examples in history when the US aviation ironed the German industry, which until recently supplied everything necessary for the victory of the Third Reich.

It is possible to understand the current Ukrainian leaders. Everyone sees how well Yatsenyuk has settled in, understands Poroshenko's immunity, and observes Yushchenko's calm and well-fed life. All these "sons of bitches" have done a good job for the benefit of their American homeland and can now fairly count on a quiet old age. Naturally, Zelensky and his comrades believe that when all this is completed, no matter with what result, he will be safely accepted into the arms of the golden billion, even leaving some money in foreign accounts.

Although I wouldn't be so sure about the individuals in his environment — they know too much. Nevertheless, regardless of the fate of some specific personalities and their future relations with the Americans, history tells us that any pro-American junta is destroyed sooner or later very often by America itself or with its tacit consent.

These naive romantics from the USSR invested huge amounts of money in their, as they thought, allies, until the last getting a lump of butter at the exit. Cold practitioners from the USA, unlike their competitors, invested in specific personalities and regimes exactly as much as they needed. In other words, the horse was fed as long as it could pull. As soon as the draft power was over, it was allowed to be used for meat with typical American prudence. That is why belligerent cries are now coming from Kiev about the return of Crimea in the coming winter and victory over Russia by spring. The Ukrainian nag, anticipating imminent death, laughs passionately with all his might, sending signals to the owner that she will still serve him and be useful. The fate of Ukraine was predetermined back in 2014, and what is happening to it now is an inevitable denouement. Driven horses are shot.

Sergey Donetsk,
Загнанная украинская кляча

Something here unexpectedly, out of the blue, a connoisseur of girls' diaries got excited. I don't want to pretend that I didn't notice it. Of course I noticed, and at first I wanted to answer. Just like he likes, colorful. However, after his "muzzles" (what does he do with them, is he trying them on?) and "@tylik writes" (distorted intentionally, otherwise he would have corrected it long ago), I will not answer and prove anything to this person. He has already shown himself quite clearly.


Предлагаю статью со взглядом на перспективы Украины (и не только?) с точки зрения недавних исторических событий.
Перевод машинный, я кое-где поправил как смог, так что не обессудьте если что.
Чего то тут неожиданно, на ровном месте возбудился знаток девочкиных дневников. Не хочется делать вид, что я не заметил этого. Конечно я заметил, и поначалу хотел ответить. Прямо как он любит, красочно. Однако после его "muzzles" (чего он с ними делает, примеряет что ли?) и "@tylik writes"(искажено намеренно, в противном случае давно поправил бы), я ничего этому человеку отвечать и доказывать не буду. Он и так достаточно ярко себя проявил.
 
A massive Russian air force attack on Ukraine's infrastructure started at 20:00 (Moscow time).

"Landing of missiles have already been confirmed in Odessa, Nykolayev, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Vinnytsa, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Kirovograd and Zaporozhye regions."

 
(Isn't the US making an oil deal with the Venezuelans right about now?)

These samples were seized on the border between Colombia and Venezuela.

"Venezuelan resources publish photos of the NLAW anti-tank systems delivered to Ukraine, which have already appeared on sale in Latin America."

 
These people do a good job of reporting what has happened in Russia and Ukraine in the last few days, the attacks and new sanctions from Nato. They are in Portugal so bring that perspective which is good to hear being I'm in the USA. I've just started listening to this site and I'm pretty impressed.

NATO led forces in Ukraine just killed a member of the Russian parliament in Donetsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's done negotiating with Ukraine. That means we are about to see a massive escalation of this war. Biden backs down on Iran and calls for negotiations as the press gets duped by "an end" to the morality police. We got our hands on Dr. Fauci's 446 page deposition and it is stunning.


This one is off topic and should go into the Great Reset thread but I'll link it here as well. It's about a pilot program in Oxford, England (?) that is testing the new model for cities under the reset plans.

The WEF plan for '15 minute cities' is already rolling out to keep you from driving and leaving a certain radius. Now cities in England and launching these new lockdowns. The fallout from the #twitterfiles continues with new reports of government collusion with executives at Twitter. Dutch farms are set to have their farms taken from them. We talk with academic research Ralph Schoelhammer about this tyranny.

The report starts at 31:00
 
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Here's more on the 15-minute city from WEF:

From weforum.org​

  • The 15-minute city meets human needs but leaves desires wanting. Here’s why​

  • The 15-minute city aims to reorganize urban space around work, home, community and amenities – the idea is that every need is fulfilled within a 15-minute walk or short bike ride.
  • Various cities around the world have begun to embrace the 15-minute city approach.
  • But urban life is about more than access to amenities and the 15-minute model risks excluding disadvantaged communities.
  • Even if there’s a 15-minute baseline, great city centres with world class experiences should remain accessible to all.
At long last it appears that the worst days of the COVID pandemic may finally be behind us. Despite early predictions of a lasting urban exodus, people are heading back. But the pandemic has brought some lasting urban changes – including the attribution of streets once use for cars and parking to bike lanes, parklets and restaurants.

One of the biggest urban ideas to emerge from the pandemic is the idea of the 15-minute city or 15-minute neighbourhood. Developed by French urbanist Carlos Moreno, 15-minute city refers to a place where all the necessities of daily life – shops, schools, workplaces, doctor’s offices, parks, libraries, restaurants and other amenities – are located in a short 15-minute walk or bike ride from home. In this way, each neighbourhood becomes an ‘isochrone’, an area that can be explored within a given time, giving all residents access to their needs a convenient walk away.

The 15-minute city aims to reorganize physical space around the human experience of time. Workers can live near their offices or co-working spaces, eliminating the commute. Anyone can walk to a small, nearby park without having to hunt for parking spaces. Community building will benefit too: parceling a city into smaller units makes it far more manageable from a social point of view.

Various cities around the world have begun to embrace the 15-minute city approach. For instance, Melbourne is proposing self-contained communities within an 800-meter radius. Portland’s Climate Action Plan calls for more vibrant neighbourhoods in which 90% of the residents can walk or bike to fulfill their daily needs. But the most vocal proponent of the concept remains Paris, where the concept originated. Its mayor Anne Hidalgo has been championing the “ville du quart d’heure” since early 2020, and has embedded it into a broader plan to promote active mobility in lieu of cars: car speed has been limited to 30 kilometers per hours on many streets; automobiles have been banned along the Seine one Sunday each month; and plans to include a biking lane on every street by 2024 are also in the works.

Such experiments are unprecedented and exciting, and they stand on long-established planning principles. Since the crisis of monofunctional modernism in the post-war era, urban planners and designers have proposed mixed-use developments, where residences, schools, and shops stand side-by-side in diverse neighborhoods. The 15-minute neighbourhood provides a specific spatial scale and suggests a new model for the larger city, which is devolved into small, repeating parts.

What’s not to like?

It turns out, the concept is not always a fit. For one, the 15-minute neighbourhood doesn’t work so well for a suburban nation, like the United States. While it is easy to envision Paris, Copenhagen and Barcelona in small repeating parts – or even in certain places in the US like Manhattan and Brooklyn, or big slices of Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts – it is harder to imagine this kind of reinvention of far-flung sprawling suburbs where the majority of Americans live. American cities and suburbs might only make the 15-minute cutoff if this could be done in a car.

And 15-minute communities do little to alter the harsh realities of economic and geographic inequality. They promise close-by amenities and luxurious walkability for the well-to-do urban gentry. They are mainly a fit for affluent urban neighbourhoods and far less a fit in the disadvantaged parts of our cities. As Harvard University’s Ed Glaeser points out, less advantaged groups are hardly able to live their life in their own disadvantaged neighbourhoods, which lack jobs, grocery stores and amenities found in more upscale communities.

Many of our urbanist colleagues find themselves asking what is so new about the idea of the 15-minute neighbourhood? They see the construct as little more than a rebranded notion of urban neighbourhoods or “villages”. Village life has many upsides – tight-knit communities, a relaxed pace of life, easy commuting – but it lacks the dynamism of a real city.

The reality is that urban life requires the broad expanse of entire cities and metro areas. And it is impossible to replicate some of the most important institutions – great universities, great museums, great theaters at a neighbourhood scale. Cities thrive because they create a market for these incredible institutions and assets.
 
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