We live in an age when the most unobjectionable and necessary ideas for progress can give rise to paranoia and fear. If the most innocuous, unoriginal possible idea can fuel paranoia, how can we hope to have a sensible discussion about the future of our places?
I think most people who object to 15-minute cities also object to cities themselves, so it’s easy to convince them that anything that happens in urban areas (and especially anything that benefits city-dwellers) is evil.