Comments by "Lepi Doptera" (@lepidoptera9337) on "How Amsterdam Built A Dystopia" video.

  1. Singapore proves you wrong.
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  2. Singapore worked out just fine. They simply didn't make any of the trivial mistakes. They have a small mall and hawker center every couple blocks and a large one within less than a mile from anywhere. The city is vibrant, livable and virtually free of crime.
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  3. No, you got it wrong. What the city planners got wrong was to ignore the simple fact that people have to eat. If you go to China you will find the same insanity. High rise complexes that are 40 minutes away from the next shopping opportunity. Also empty, of course. The individual does not bare any responsibility for this. People can't just open a business in a district that is not zoned for businesses. ;-)
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  4. The reason why it failed was because the planners didn't understand human needs. Humans need to eat, so there has to be local shopping. Kids need to go to school, so there have to be local schools, a library, kindergartens etc.. There have to be medical facilities and recreation. Trees don't make up for any of that.
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  5. Awh, you are so cute when you hate a city that you have never been to. ;-)
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  6. You clearly didn't watch the video. Thanks for outing your fear of dark skin, though. ;-)
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  7. It failed because it wasn't well planned. Compare to Singapore that has integrated housing, shopping, transportation and recreation. It works just fine.
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  8.  @vantuz8264  Capitalism opens a store wherever there are people who could shop there. Dude, you need to have your sanity checked. They simply didn't allow capitalists to build a mall there... or anything else for that matter. It was PLANNED BY THE CITY as a pure housing project. ;-)
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