SandwichShortOfAPicnic
Legendary Member
As people age it sometimes dawns on them they aren’t going to be able to drive forever and the usefulness of the 15 minute concept hits them. In Spain everything is within 10 minutes and it lightens the day.Something I really like about the place where I live is that it's really walkable, and I really love walking. Plus I think something that is common here but seems less common in the US is mixed zoning. Especially in the suburbs you frequently see buildings that have stores on the lower floors and apartments on the other, upper floors. This really allows for people to have a lot of the stuff they need (groceries, supermarkets, pharmacies, doctor's offices,etc) really close to their neighborhood. Most of those stores are also mom and pop stores and you get that sense of community by going to the grocery, the fishmonger, the coffee shop, and seeing always the same people working there and the same customers too.
Kinda off topic but something I really like is the concept of the 15 minute city, planning cities in a way that everything you need is within 15 minutes walking distance. I do live in a place like that, although the place where I live is not considered a city.
Here in the UK I don’t have that and when I return I notice how much time I spend either at working at home or ‘out, out‘ as in it requires effort and time to go and do a job.
It’s easy to get a lot done in Spain and look at the clock and be surprised how early it still is! I hired I car last time I went and used it twice, once to get me home (Spain home) and once to get me back to the airport!