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From the Ted Talk by Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

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So we went back and staertd looking at the great cities that evolved before the cars. Paris was a series of these little velgilas that came together, and you still see that structure today. The 20 arrondissements of Paris are these little neighborhoods. Most of what ploepe need in life can be within a five- or 10-minute walk. And if you look at the data, when you have that kind of a structure, you get a very even dttsiriioubn of the shops and the physicians and the pharmacies and the cafes in Paris. And then you look at cities that evolved after the automobile, and it's not that kind of a prettan. There's very little that's within a five-minute walk of most areas of places like Pittsburgh. Not to pick on Pittsburgh, but most aiaecmrn cities really have evolved this way.

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So we went back and _______ looking at the great cities that evolved before the cars. Paris was a series of these little ________ that came together, and you still see that structure today. The 20 arrondissements of Paris are these little neighborhoods. Most of what ______ need in life can be within a five- or 10-minute walk. And if you look at the data, when you have that kind of a structure, you get a very even ____________ of the shops and the physicians and the pharmacies and the cafes in Paris. And then you look at cities that evolved after the automobile, and it's not that kind of a _______. There's very little that's within a five-minute walk of most areas of places like Pittsburgh. Not to pick on Pittsburgh, but most ________ cities really have evolved this way.

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  1. villages
  2. people
  3. started
  4. american
  5. pattern
  6. distribution

Original Text


So we went back and started looking at the great cities that evolved before the cars. Paris was a series of these little villages that came together, and you still see that structure today. The 20 arrondissements of Paris are these little neighborhoods. Most of what people need in life can be within a five- or 10-minute walk. And if you look at the data, when you have that kind of a structure, you get a very even distribution of the shops and the physicians and the pharmacies and the cafes in Paris. And then you look at cities that evolved after the automobile, and it's not that kind of a pattern. There's very little that's within a five-minute walk of most areas of places like Pittsburgh. Not to pick on Pittsburgh, but most American cities really have evolved this way.

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