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The Philosophy of Trash

September 17, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

It’s pretty obvious to most of us how much culture influences our lives. Many of our norms and views come from the city/country that we live in. However, what is less obvious is how something as strange as garbage collection… Continue Reading →

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Good Urban Living

May 23, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

As I travel the world and I can’t help noticing the difference between each city I visit. Some of them are beautiful places to explore and live, while others are inconvenient and unwelcoming. What’s more is that there seems to… Continue Reading →

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Part 6: The Public Park Killer

May 23, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

In the previous posts, I’ve covered nearly everything you need to know about what makes for good urban living. The last piece of the puzzle is Nature. Mankind has a strong connection with nature (after all we’re all just animals),… Continue Reading →

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Part 5: Praying To The Car Gods

May 21, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Here is a topic that immediately gets you in the “he’s one of them” bucket: Our car-worshipping culture is killing our cities, suburbs, and planet. However, before we get to the four big reasons why automobile-first living doesn’t work, let’s… Continue Reading →

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Part 4: Getting In The Zone

May 21, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

The irony of many of our urban problems is that they stem from well-intentioned decisions that we made when trying to make cities good places for living. Zoning is one of these problems. Before you mentally switch off, you shouldn’t… Continue Reading →

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Part 3: Like Mud Cake, But Not

May 14, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

With each city that I travel to I see a different place with a different culture and different problems. However what all the good ones have in common is that they get population density right. Before I dive into that,… Continue Reading →

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The Ausmerican Dream

May 10, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

It’s all-out warfare today. I’m taking on the Ausmerican Dream and why you don’t really want it. The Ausmerican Dream The Australian Dream is the ideal that by owning your own house with a backyard, a garage, and a swimming… Continue Reading →

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Part 2: Walk With Me

May 7, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

In part 1 of this series I did my best to sell the beauty of urban life in an attempt to debunk the myth that cities are grimy, noisy, polluted places to live. Most of us with negative perceptions about… Continue Reading →

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Part 1: A Love Story

April 30, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

I’ve got a love story to tell you, only it’s not with a person… it’s with a city: I’ve abandoned my alarm clock recently. The sun drenches my apartment from 5:30 in the morning, which accompanied by the small birds… Continue Reading →

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Good City Form – Lynch

April 19, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

I appreciate this book for what it is, despite feeling that much more could have been covered with much less pages. Lynch, like other urban planners I recently read, enjoys rambling excessively about everything and describing in detail the obvious.… Continue Reading →

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Walkable City – Speck

April 19, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

A frustratingly, mediocre book with some really good information in it. Speck, I love your ideas and mission, but please, stick to urban planning. Rather than spending the time reading this, just watch his Ted talk online which covers all… Continue Reading →

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Comparing Rail Networks

March 25, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

As I have been travelling to different cities on my mini-retirement, I’ve found it interesting to compare how people get around differently in each one. Some cities like Ho Chi Minh Vietnam, have no rail system and rely heavily on… Continue Reading →

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