hackertube.io

What People Get Wrong About Dense Urban Living

Oh The Urbanity! · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

Oh The Urbanity! argues that most city dwellers live in dense residential neighbourhoods outside downtown, which can be calm and peaceful. It draws on older, denser parts of Toronto and Montreal.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN users repeatedly post it to rebut the idea that urban living means Manhattan or Hong Kong apartment blocks.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Urban living ≠ Manhattan”

    Urban living is not just Manhattan

    throw0101a, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Why American cities are broke (2021) [video]”

  2. “The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks”

    Debunks the idea that urban living means Manhattan or Hong Kong apartment blocks

    throw0101c, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities”

  3. “The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided/misinformed) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks”

    Debunks the idea that urban living means Manhattan or Hong Kong apartment blocks

    throw0101b, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “Electric cars are better for the environment, no matter the power source”

  4. “The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (mistaken) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks”

    Debunks the idea that urban living means Manhattan or Hong Kong apartment blocks

    throw0101d, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: urbanism, density, toronto, montreal, walkable neighbourhoods, housing

Also recommended by the same people