Giving you options for links because I’m comradely like that:
Not sure I agree with the thesis or not, but it’s interesting to think about. It’s true that there are lots of very good non-grid cities. I’ve always thought that the main purpose of grids is to be understandable to the human mind, which maybe isn’t that important a goal, and lots of things flow well in a complex way: look at our own circulatory systems.
Actually it sounds like the channel is just a neoliberal grift made from stolen content.
Reminds me of “Strong Towns”, the astroturf group dedicated to making people hate roads but also to hate all other forms of transportation.
I wasn’t aware of the second part, they do that? I found them in like 2018 and don’t remember that angle. But I already biked and bussed regularly.
I really want to look up their finances, I’m convinced that the new libertarian urbanism pitch is a comibation of developers and capitalist interests using them and certain “content creators” to build consensus that actually, you want to live in a 500 square ft room and live in a city that only has bus rapid transit. Does anyone know how to look up non-profit finances? I used to have a tool at my old job where I could do this easily but I dont have access to it anymore
