Burwood is crap - in one sense only, other than this it's great: it has awful streetscape with way too many cars squeezing pedestrian space and slowing buses. If Burwood Road was made bus-only or better yet replaced with Light Rail, and Burwood station recieved a second entrance, it would be absolutely fantastic.
@@MitchellBPYao No it isn't - there are North-South roads on either side of Burwood Rd which should be the alternatives: Shaftsbury Rd & Wentworth Rd. Burwood Rd is the road which is used by all of the frequent bus services.
The other week, my family was forced to go to a Yum Cha restaurant, grab some snacks in Burwood Chinatown, play in the newly built playground in Burwood Park and then we had to choose between Westfield and Burwood Plaza to do some shopping before heading home. Pure hell!
Exactly. You were rushed by proximity. If there was a long drive between these places, you could have considered which of the identical shopping centres to attend.
As someone from the Sydney suburb of Antarctica (founded in 1424 by Scott Morrison), i can confirm that 15min suburbs are terrible. I would much rather take an 8h plane ride which emits a lot of Co2 then simply walking 15mins in Burwood to get all my essentials. Note: i think i tried to hard to be funny.
It's a shame that the only mall in 1 of my country's neighbourhoods was banned from having eateries because residents feared that'd attract more visitors & jam up the roads there. As a result besides a minimart in a petrol station there, the next nearest shops are a few km away in other neighbourhoods (~1/2h bus ride), in a country where car taxes are 200+%
I have come to the conclusions that people prefer exclusivity over convenience. So a desolate, but well maintained suburb where outsiders only come to visit family or friends is preferred over a lively, equally well maintained 15 minute suburb. The psychology behind this through process is that the 15 minute suburb inevitably would have suburbs nearby which are not 15 minutes suburbs and "peasants" from those suburbs will come in to get the "facilities" and cause crowding and crime. Thus everyone understands the benefit of the 15 minute suburb, but no one wants to live in one. Thus the demand for these residential only suburbs with 1 Woolies and 1 bus service sky-rocket - eventually only rich people able to afford them.
In a way, this can change as I feel younger generations are moving away from your traditional 1950s own your own block of land and drive everywhere mentality
Not even 1 woolies lol. At most an independent convenience store that only stocks a few essentials at very high prices. Still gotta drive to get to a proper supermarket.
thank god this video wasn't 15 minutes like those 15 minute city disasters waiting to happen great video Sharath and thanks for uploading this at 12:00AM AEST
A perfect city would be good transport and good planning. Cars are great for some situations like a fun day out. Or going on road trips. Visiting places far away. But it shouldn't be the only option of transportation. I love walking and bike riding as well.
I grew up in Longueville and enjoyed the place when it still had a Post Office, one shop, and every kid and most of the adults in the suburb knew each other. There is no way I would want to or could afford to live there now so I moved and eventually ended up in Tamworth. I think I may need to move to Bathurst though as Tamworth could be but isn't a 15-minute city due to negligible public transport (except for school buses) and lack of safe pedestrian and bicycle commuting infrastructure. You would think in a city of 35,000 they could do better.
Haha, this was very cool! I have been brainwashed to believe a compact and functional city, aka 15-minute city, is somehow good and I actually live in one. Don't really know why because I don't have the luxury of congestion to think about it. Groceries are only 5 mins away, bus stop around the corner, and it just all works for me too easily. Where I lives before overseas, my office was an 18 min walk away - such a major bummer because all the extra time I had at home with the kids. This led to too many nappy changes because I was around too much! Please people, fight against convenience, fight against ease, fight against lower cost of daily living, fight against a calm and enjoyable environment! Let us sprawl endlessly, destroy prime farming land and nature, and live in our cars, fuming away!
What do you mean you live in one? They don’t even exist. The news says it is just a conspiracy theory. “ I live in one” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what? They don’t exist
Always happy to see a collab with Chris Topher. That said, as someone who grew up in Bathurst, I can vouch for the fact that he lives in one of the few “in town” housing options where you can easily access the 200m x 200m city blocks (which in themselves aren’t very walkable at that size). Beyond the CBD, it has the same urban sprawl problem that everywhere in Australia does and nowhere is accessible by foot or easily by bike. Also, as far as parks go, unfortunately the one he is sitting in was rebuilt a few years ago after extensive community consultation and is literally a concrete “X” leading to some benches in the middle…
15 minute cities solve the YIMBYS desire for more housing in Sydney. They did this in Mascot, they built a train station, shopping centre, thousands of units and a park area.
My backyard made the first drone shot :) Interestingly, I live in Denistone. And I walk 15 minutes to work, 10 minutes to the shops, 2 minutes to the train station, 10 minutes to a hospital and 15 minutes to eastwood. Rarely use the car.
I've watched several shorts from this and finally decided to watch the video, based on the shorts the first thing I did was check the date. The funniest video I've ever seen, goog job
I'll be honest, I was listening to this video whilst putting laundry on, and it took me until Sharath started speaking about Denistone for me to realise this was an April Fools day video...
This concept was tested in the 60's in Brazil. Its capital Brasilia has blocks of apartment buildings with their own walking distance commerces and no downtown. However, schools, major supermarkets, malls and such were within drivable distances but not longer than 20 minutes to reach everything by car. Very lonely and there's a sadness and a blandness to it. The apartment buildings that remain from the 60's look like prisons. place and high suicide rates. The 15 minute cities are indeed set up to be a nightmare.
if there's anything i want to point out: i don;t think the 15min cities meant to include your place of work; surely, unlike schools, modern day employees tends to move a lot seeking career opportunities, new challenges and experiences.
If you want a backyard...move to regional NSW. Sure we don't wanna be like HK or China, but I'd rather that than turn Sydney into LA/Houston/Insert American and Canadian City here. Its not freedom being stuck in traffic being unable to do anything else than wait for the other drivers who likely have a phobia of public transport. its not freedom to own a home with a backyard if its bloody expensive and you are far away form amenities...nor is it freedom if your kids rely on you to drive them everywhere instead of them learning independence by taking public transport. Sydney doesn't nor should be bloody dense like HK...I believe we need a balance of all kinds of dwellings, but be prepared to deal with the consequences of your choice of dwelling.
I got the best Kebab shop up the road from me about 8 minutes walk from Yagoona. I got the train station at Yagoona about the same walking time. I got my workplace at Chullora which is about a 10 minute drive. Bankstown Central which is about an 11 minute walk. Life aint that bad. Just need to get the locals to stop doing so much rubbish dumping... I came from the northern beaches and the rubbish dumping out here is insane.
Hi Sharath, this brings back so many memories of the day that we filmed all of this! There’s a lot of hidden references in this video that people should look out for! This video also describes the average struggles of someone who lives in Burwood. Which my support worker said that it’s a hole. And as they have a duty of care to look after me some of the time, I will trust them! From Westies that aren’t used to walking 5 metres and they get so tired and stressed they grab your ankle in sheer desperation. To starting at random NIMBYs flipping the bird at skyscrapers. It portrays the suburb and all 15 minute cities perfectly! Also, please give me back my phone. I’ve let you borrow it to call Chris, but I do need it to film future videos. By the way, anyone who doesn’t get anything on this comment should check the date that this video was uploaded. Great video as always, Sharath!
Thanks Matthew, and thank you for helping out with filming! I’m afraid as penance for not dragging me along when I grabbed you at the park, I’m going to keep your phone 👍
I realize it's an April Fool's thing, but you obviously haven't been on a subway in NY lately. Literally, you could die. Which is why I live in the country, breathe fresh air, enjoy the wildlife, hike with my dogs, and travel 30 mins for my essentials. It's awesome.
i love your ferrari sharath. especially that toyota build, i mean who could possibly guess. cars are the best and i love using the m7 and eastern distributor everyday. the best part is it only costs $20! i love australia, but places like those where everything is so close together itches my brain 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 happy april fools lol love ur vids sharath
Sydney, like singapore and other cities, needs ro implement driving restrictions soon. Some ways we can do this include: During peak hour (6am-10am/3pm-7pm Mon-Fri), every time a car passes through a council, theyre charged maybe $1 to pass through and is tracked by satellite...thus discouraging long distance driving. Exemptions can be provided for people who drive for work (tradies, disability workers etc...), Carers for elderly/disability, Parents with kids under 12, as well as people who live in certain areas with lack of public transport (at least for the time being as to encourage this restriction, PT should be everywhere) Another way is to implement a tax on car usage through an odometer reading, exempting those mentioned above as well. These solutions will punish those who drive for convenience and not use PT when its available to them, not considering those who actually need clear roads.
This video is one of the best hahaha well done! But for some reason I have a desire to see a 50 story appartment block built over Denistone station with ground floor shopping, 2 disabled parking spots and a bike rack.
ye 15 minute cities aren’t good you are referring to 15 minute towns. just have stronger public transport and road networks like asian countries and europe
Hi Sharath, Love you channel and your excellent delivery. Just picking you up on your pronunciation of Longueville. It's pronounced Longer-ville. I laughed when I heard you say it. Also, I've get to disagree with your view that we need to keep jamming people into units. The quintessential quality of living in AU is that we have (or used to) the luxury of a backyard in the suburbs. We don't want to live like they do in HK or China. Yes, its a symptom of insane immigration but having grown up in Haberfield, I love having space around me
Its sad that most new homes being built these days out west, have barely any backyard space at all. Sydney would never become like Hong Kong or China tho, thats a bit of an insane reach.
If you want a backyard...move to regional NSW. Sure we don't wanna be like HK or China, but I'd rather that than turn Sydney into LA/Houston/Insert American and Canadian City here. Its not freedom being stuck in traffic being unable to do anything else than wait for the other drivers who likely have a phobia of public transport. its not freedom to own a home with a backyard if its bloody expensive and you are far away form amenities...nor is it freedom if your kids rely on you to drive them everywhere instead of them learning independence by taking public transport. Sydney doesn't nor should be bloody dense like HK...I believe we need a balance of all kinds of dwellings, but be prepared to deal with the consequences of your choice of dwelling.
If it’s voluntary then there’s not really any prison, except in the overactive imaginations of people who actually want to live in an area with gridlock traffic.
we must stop the increased density!! 1 person, 1 house, 1 vote! if everything is too close, then the criminals and unsavoury are close too, we cannot have that... why wont anyone think of the children! was a good video, a good laugh in all honesty, i was hoping 1424 was a reference to 15 minute cities? also, dont think we need to sub to ko-fi if you got your hybrid-electric ferrari lol ;) ngl, took me until the second time you said 1424 (originall thought you said 1924) to get it, lol, just you wait until the LNP use this in promotional material
Arghhh, look at all those cantilevered balconies bolted onto the outside of high rises with low balustrades just for good measure. Why are we building these death traps?
Perfect! As a road cyclist, I do get the urge, though, to live on a lifestyle block in somewhere like Galston or Waterfall just so I can sling abuse at the local Ford Raptor drivers for being such bad drivers.
If you are so disappointed about this 15 mins cities then please migrate to other cities that do not have a 15 mins cities paradise....the first for you to experience this is to go to New Delhi and find the difference...
This April Fool's joke came to me a few weeks late, but when you said Sydney Town in 1492 I thought something was off...and cars invented in 1424 what on Earth...
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