Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "Urbanismus: Proč žijeme tak, jak žijeme." video.

  1. I live in relatively small city in Northern Europe. I can walk to a farmland in approx. 30 minutes and reach the old town / downtown in 40. Besides while my flat is surrounded by other 2-5 storey houses, it's also surrounded by some trees and lawns, even some wildlife, like hedgehogs. Besides I can move around by a bus, a tram (citycar), a train or a trolleybus - they all are in 3-10 min walking distance from my home. And a couple of supermarkets are in 15-20 min walking distance. Or I can drive my car or ride a bicycle... or a kick-scooter. I really prefer this kind of environment than "suburbia", which, honestly, looks somewhat ugly, at least from above. Of course we do have some suburban "villages" for the rich, but they restrain the freedom of movement of their inhabitants to a very few options, sometimes to a single road.
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  2. Peppermint Ka mēdz teikt - šī pasaule ir riebīgi maza. 8D
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  3. Peppermint Nope, but close. I've live in Riga, on the West bank of Daugava - Pārdaugava, which poets used to call "the green Paradise". I've been to Tallinn only once, some 25 years ago, nice place, got to be even better now.
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  4. TalesOfWar Well, we don't have the cannals, perhaps because winters are harsher here and they would not be usable for at least good 3-4 month per year. Or maybe it was just lack of engeneering and finance what then was Russian empire. As a kid I loved books like "Wind in Willows" and canals seem to be a part of the rural England;s charm.
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  5. Matthew Nickolas Well, officially it's 600k, but many live outside Riga, and work in Riga, even those living 40km away. Sure I live in the largest "cty" in the region, but compared to megalopolises of the world, it's really small.
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  6. JoeOtter3005 Sorry to hear, you have so little it all can be stuffed in a single car.
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  7. I live in relatively small city in Northern Europe. I can walk to a farmland in approx. 30 minutes and reach the old town / downtown in 40. Besides while my flat is surrounded by other 2-5 storey houses, it's also surrounded by some trees and lawns. Besides I can move around by a bus, a team (cityscape), a train or a trolleybus - they all are in 3-10 min walking distance from my home. And a couple of supermarkets are in 15-20 min walking distance. Or I can drive my car or ride a bicycle... or a kick-scooter. I really prefer this kind of environment than "suburbia", which, honestly, looks somewhat ugly, at least from above. Of course we do have some suburban "villages" for the rich, but they restrain the freedom of movement of their inhabitants, sometimes to a single road.
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  8. I can reach farmland on foot or by bus, many shops, markets and supermarkets are in 15-30 min walking distance, same with pharmacies (in European sense, not American), and other facilities (schools, hospitals, car repair shops etc), I have multiple transportation options - bus, tram, trolleybus and train in 3-10 min walk from my home; and due to walkways I can not just walk, but also safely ride a bicycle or kick-scooter, or electric scooter; besides European cities have parks and forests around them, thus IMO concentrated European style settling is more convenient.
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