14 Reasons Your City Might Not Be as Liveable as You Think

As of 2023, over 4.6 billion people – nearly 60% of the world's population – are living in urban areas (United Nations).
But not every city offers a vibrant, liveable, and human-centric experience.
What type of city do you live in?
So, let’s find out whether the city you call home has been designed with care, or it’s riddled with urban design errors.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 intro
0:37 uncomfortably high cities
1:27 ordinary life
2:38 streetwall buildings
3:36 tree types
4:18 voids
5:44 meeting the ground
6:41 porosity
7:27 too much mystery
8:11 public edges
8:55 park planting
9:22 street seating
10:15 building width
10:46 urban experience
11:28 landmarks


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