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  • The coronavirus pandemic could have a lasting impact on city life. WSJ’s Jaden Urbi explores how the ways we work, shop and play are changing as urban designers refocus on health, tech and open spaces. Illustration: Zoë Soriano
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  • @rachelolsen3428
    @rachelolsen3428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +846

    This sounds depressing. I'm fighting to get off of screens, not have my whole life revolve around my phone. This feels like a future for the privileged. I love the idea of cities and suburbs becoming more walkable though.

    • @richiesd1
      @richiesd1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Rachel Olsen. Agree with you. But there will be more sprawl in USA. We Americans don’t really know “walkable” because we don’t travel abroad. Plus we are paranoid and overdo things. I predict more depressing sprawl.

    • @bralesscup
      @bralesscup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      It's only us privileged people who think that tech is only for the privileged. Having grown up in SE Asia, I saw how the accessibility of smart phones have radically empowered a generation of people - especially women. There are people in this world who have access to the internet over a smart phone even though they are unable to afford to live in their own home. Let that sink in. I get that people are worried about the negative effects of digital lifestyles, but it seems too 'zero sum' thinking to let that dictate whether or not we power through with tech innovation and solutions. Not sure if you were making that point, but this is what came to mind reading some of these top comments.

    • @velious2121
      @velious2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When in history has the future not favored the privileged?

    • @Blakely901
      @Blakely901 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel you

    • @brynleytalbot778
      @brynleytalbot778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hannah I think the negativity incurred in globalised "envy" produced by Internet access is the culprit behind much misery in the world. Western lifestyles and values are promoted as ideals through thinly veiled advertising when they're only idealistic and utopian to those foolish enough to believe the Western hype. Our Western societies and financial underpinning of the middle class dream have been collapsing for a decade and this pandemic has pulled the wool from many people eyes revealing the dystopian nature of our ideal Western world. It's odd that those unable to live in their own home can access the Internet to bathe in the promised world of prosperity the Westernisation of their country promises. It's a lie. As the middle class proliferates the poor become poorer but poverty, as previously defined, is solved, but a new poverty emerges to replace it, perhaps worse than the prior one. I'm afraid technology isn't the panacea for all that ails the world.

  • @ryanzhanfeng9322
    @ryanzhanfeng9322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    I thought "after covid-19" meant finding the cure/vaccine. This is more like the future of cities if we can't find a cure/vaccine.

    • @monkeyman321
      @monkeyman321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I’ll never get a day job inside an office building again. One of the few good things this pandemic has brought.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I see it as more of way to prevent such diseases from ever reaching power like Covid-19 has

    • @shivam-aggarwal
      @shivam-aggarwal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@latenightthinker4737 if such diseases are spread on a yearly basis, it's not nature at fault rather countries fighting bio warfare. if so, any prevention will not gonna help. If it's the other case, from history it would be in few decades to centuries. Why would any businessman or politician invest in something like that?

    • @Jenny-qd1yt
      @Jenny-qd1yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's already a Chinese vaccine that's starting to be publicized. Right now, it's prioritized for medical staff. People make "reservations"

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly, this sounds like a dystopia.

  • @nituldeshptha99
    @nituldeshptha99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    I feel like perhaps this perspective is very limited to white collar workers. Blue, black and grey collar workers still have to go to workplaces and work in possibly covid infected environments.

    • @tigs870
      @tigs870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great point.

    • @The_Revolutionist
      @The_Revolutionist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In the future, there will be only white-collar jobs left so your point makes no sense at all.

    • @1966bluemax
      @1966bluemax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is there such thing as black and grey collar?

    • @CP-ti8fl
      @CP-ti8fl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She addresses that from 3:56 - 4:39

    • @BookofProverbs
      @BookofProverbs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      She literally discussed that in the video, perhaps you should actually listen to the video, before writing a comment.

  • @moviefan700
    @moviefan700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    This is so depressing. I miss the nightlife in my city. The theater, the comedy shows, the dating life. This sucks.

    • @adiabd1
      @adiabd1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That will come back, but not this year, the situation isn't good yet

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adiabd1 How so? What needs to change for thing to be "good?"

    • @robot6871
      @robot6871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@adiabd1 Says who? The pharmaceutical companies trying scare monger people into taking their vaccines?

    • @anontheshade
      @anontheshade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      No kidding. Is it wrong to think we are blowing the entire situation out of proportion? Its rarely fatal after all....are we really going to continue to keep everything closed in fear?

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anontheshade You're not wrong.

  • @orsations
    @orsations 4 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Too tech focused and too many “smart” gadgets, not enough actual problems being solved.

    • @whodis5774
      @whodis5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im curious, what other problems need to be solved?

    • @jL000
      @jL000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If a "smart" gadget is not enough to fix ignorance, then what is the alternative?

    • @ED-im4hc
      @ED-im4hc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Human is the actual problem. Lets fix the human

    • @maggiejetson7904
      @maggiejetson7904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They already solved a lot of them: conference room booking, flexible commute, retail real estate cost reduction, urban planning, etc. Nothing new here.

    • @brynleytalbot778
      @brynleytalbot778 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Titus-Armand Napirlica That's what you get from those entrenched in that world. Simplicity means technological solutions not something that's free. It's like green power where, just like water comes from the sky, electricity generation now does, but it's atrociously expensive because of the technology seeking instantaneous rewards compared to water infrastructure that's costed for decades of use. Too many youngsters still believe technology and science will secure our futures with more services they'll charge for skimming off micro payments and patent royalties instead of actually physically working for a living.
      I think cities will collapse and thereby return to communities which these coffee shop latte drinking cereal bar hippies have decimated for their own ego fulfilment. Imagine cities with identities beyond consumer blandness and bijoux gentrification. They'll be places to visit and enjoy. No more banal creative types, technology gurus, and software developers defining spaces that only they can afford. Imagine cafes where all generations congregate and old and new ideas merge giving a more vibrant connected set of problem solving skills suited to all generations benefitting all financially and emotionally. Maybe I'm being far too optimistic.

  • @NotoriousRKB
    @NotoriousRKB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    this seems like an extreme example. I do see changes but not to this level

    • @adiabd1
      @adiabd1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like she said, this is the future, like when we imagined how we look the future before CoVid-19

    • @AnujAgrawal08
      @AnujAgrawal08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is just their personal fetish. Of course most people aren't gonna put up with that kind of a future. They will promote literally everything that makes money for corporations and help them track every individual on the planet in the name of safety against imagined future pandemics.

    • @elemaire86
      @elemaire86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I disagree. We're already there. My company was already thinking about many of these strategies in February. I worked in our tech dept at the time and our department was pushing for booking desk solutions, open office concepts, and smaller terrestrial footprint. We were trying to change the culture around so people could start working from home more often. Mind you, I don't work in San Francisco or at a tech start-up. We are however tech-driven and the leaders of an otherwise mom-poppish home health care industry. Obviously, this doesn't apply to every city and to every type of work. Some places may not even be there in 5 years. Still, we were heading in the direction pre-COVID and since COVID, I've seen an acceleration of most of this. Amazon's transformation of Whole Foods and supermarkets using contactless payment solutions and the push for smart cities to be built have been all heading in this direction for the past 5 years. It just took COVID for companies and people alike to wake up.

    • @ReyZar666
      @ReyZar666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that depends on your type of work, since a lot of ppl is already working from home

    • @TorresBk1
      @TorresBk1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am real estate agent and for me to use the office i have book it through an app called calendly We only get 1-2 hours to do what we need to do then we have to leave.

  • @nicksaber4285
    @nicksaber4285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    what if we just tried to exercise more, eat better, get enough sleep, stop smoking, stop drinking, and reduce stress?
    haha imagine if one media outlet talked about that

  • @theonlygosha
    @theonlygosha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Something ugly is going to happen right when 2021 starts and the big meme on the internet is going to be that:
    "2021 is already worse than 2020!" .

    • @moviefan700
      @moviefan700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oh god

    • @apscoinscurrenciesmore7599
      @apscoinscurrenciesmore7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ouch

    • @yoyoman_blue6485
      @yoyoman_blue6485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or maybe the last day of 2020 will be the beginning of a ww3.. that'll be a great season finally..

    • @deathlarsen7502
      @deathlarsen7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good call

    • @lloydsworth
      @lloydsworth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i think something ugly is gonna happen a lot sooner than that.

  • @ditsygirl5409
    @ditsygirl5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The 15 min city is already in my country Singapore since my birth.

    • @pinklemoade4779
      @pinklemoade4779 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      true lol

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You don't know how jealous I am

    • @a-10wartaboo77
      @a-10wartaboo77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun fact in the USSR a city block was supposed to have everything for the week day and that city block was one building.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@a-10wartaboo77 they honestly took everything too far

    • @maderaadventures8801
      @maderaadventures8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      more like the entire country

  • @tltinatl
    @tltinatl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Meh. Seems like technofetish wishful thinking to me. The whole reason people like living in the city is the spontaneity and convenience. No one wants every move they make being scheduled and mediated through their stupid phone all day. We'll have to put up with a certain amount of inconvenience for a while but I'm not at all convinced that living in the city is going to fundamentally permanently and significantly change.
    Also, there is no exodus of regular people from the cities to buy houses in the suburbs. The vast majority of the people doing that are wealthy people who were already seriously considering moving and had enough money lying around for a six-figure down payment and/or who can afford to keep two residences.
    Another thing: How is it that in her imaginary scenario, she has to book desk space at work and book a time slot to try on clothes but she can just plop down and camp in someone's coffee shop for a couple of hours to do her work whenever she feels like it?
    Finally, I keep hearing this "15-minute city" concept as if this is a new idea. Again, the whole point of living in the city has always been to live in a place that allows you to get to all of your ordinary daily errands within a short (15 or 20 minutes) walk, bike or transit trip. Why are people talking about this as if it's a new invention?

    • @justjackman
      @justjackman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah this video sounds like it’s made by someone who doesn’t live in a city

    • @joythought
      @joythought 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You complain it's "technofetish wishful thinking" while commenting on TH-cam. Ironic, surely.

    • @tltinatl
      @tltinatl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joythought Perhaps you're just so clever that I don't understand the point you're making. In what way is it "ironic"? How does my writing a comment about a TH-cam video conflict with or contradict my lack of enthusiasm for the prospect of needing to pull my phone out and deal with yet more login credentials and user interfaces to complete tasks that are normally simple and spontaneous? Was there some point at which we were all writing our TH-cam comments on postcards and mailing them in? No? So where's the irony?

    • @monkeyman321
      @monkeyman321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      tltinatl isn’t more convenient to just order things from your phone instead of having to deal with traffic, having the need to have cash the whole time, dealing with inconsiderate morons and a bunch of other dumb stuff? I’d rather use my phone for everything instead of relying on other people and the way things use to be before covid. If passwords are too much of a hassle for you, then just download an app or google the solution.

    • @tylerl4320
      @tylerl4320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Monkeyman because we’re on our phone enough. Most people I know are getting sick of there phones.

  • @catvideos3249
    @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Let this video be a warning! Is THIS really how you want the future to look? Everything is "digitally integrated" i.e. monitored and controlled. Face to face socialization will be strictly prohibited in the name of "public safety." Don't let this happen!

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Ladiekadie Start with noncompliance and spreading awareness.

    • @toddbaldwin9790
      @toddbaldwin9790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@catvideos3249 sounds like you are spreading a heavy dose of COVID with your awareness

    • @TAYOKAYO
      @TAYOKAYO 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe its already done to much damage, and it probably will get worse, eventually I think more than 50% of the worlds population have/had Covid-19, and because we have so many infected, I don't think the virus will EVER disappear from the world. (btw this is just my theory so don't get to freaked out lol)

  • @maderandyviryawan443
    @maderandyviryawan443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In my opinion, only developed countries who can possibly afford to shift quickly from the usual habit into the new one. For developing countries, it seems pretty hard to generate a change in such a short time. Even before the outbreak, the distinction between developed and developing countries is far enough

  • @AfterTheSunrise
    @AfterTheSunrise 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One day soon people will pay big money just to socialize with another human. 😏

    • @elemaire86
      @elemaire86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Highly underrated comment!

    • @jh0720
      @jh0720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean right now. LONG MATCH GROUP!!!

  • @amarsanaab
    @amarsanaab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    What do you mean "future"?🤣 You're just describing what Chinese cities have been like in the past 5 years.

  • @Mspikes
    @Mspikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I have to add to the comments that this video is very short-sighted in its view of the “future”. The evidence towards this is scant, in that we only hear from one person. There are far too many things dependent on technology, especially that of smartphones that leave many people behind, and will only exacerbate inequalities (yes, I appreciate that these inequalities are mentioned in the video, but it’s quickly dismissed for more talk about more stuff to do on the phone).

    • @indieboy1033
      @indieboy1033 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is just a well made pretty video. Touchless tech will increase. Wearing masks. Namasthe in stead of hand shake. Other than that everything will be same. Crowded cities, busy roads will be back in few months. Already so in many parts of the world even while covid attributed deaths are significant.

    • @thegrammarpolice6953
      @thegrammarpolice6953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@indieboy1033 No masks

  • @doghouse010
    @doghouse010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The 15 minute city already exists in Japan

  • @unesco2433
    @unesco2433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    whoever came up with this idea, you should be fired. what kind of evil doing is this? we want our old lives back! we want human interaction! none of this is gonna happen. stop adding stress to people. i'm a college student looking forward to the beauty of walking through a bunch of working people at the metro station rushing to get to work. I'm looking forward to seeing people who work in the same building as me and meet them. I'm looking forward to gathering with friends at "our spot" to rewind and socialize. I'm looking forward to meeting my husband IN PERSON. i'm looking forward to enjoying live performances. Stop instilling fear and hopelessness in me. STOP KILLING MY DREAM!!!
    in journalism, you have to be careful about what you put out there!!!

    • @darlatrowbridge1311
      @darlatrowbridge1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smart cities are now in place/motion in 30 cities in USA. Paid for mike Bloomberg and the ppl there sold by their local governments. Look up Agenda 21 and event 201. Very scary and sad. Research and speak out! My mayor sold us out and no one is talking about it here

  • @Calm_passion
    @Calm_passion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    1:05 Growing Density
    2:24 How Work will change
    3:35 Digital check in to access the space
    4:34 Retail
    4:53 Essential change to digital

  • @florimond.
    @florimond. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    *15 min city: welcome to Europe!*

    • @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup
      @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish we had that in the US.

    • @maggiejetson7904
      @maggiejetson7904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      High density and small size.

    • @_BobaFett_
      @_BobaFett_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maggiejetson7904 sounds awful

    • @inesdreedy
      @inesdreedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not really though, it depends on which countries, which cities/regions in these specific countries bc you still hvae to go downtown for most things: certain shops, legal matters, parcs, certain social services and certain medical services are only available in downtown/central city areas and im basing this off of my swiss city geneva :/

    • @annabarr1304
      @annabarr1304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      USA has different zoning laws, when you break it down, they are segregation laws. Europe is much more integrated.

  • @fifth5106
    @fifth5106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    What's the point if having open spaces if no one uses it?

    • @tylerl4320
      @tylerl4320 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      blue bird you make me lose faith in humanity.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The point if that everyone can use it and will use it. You won't need a backyard or front lawn anymore

    • @ninja-981
      @ninja-981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@latenightthinker4737 You say that like it's a good thing.

    • @latenightthinker4737
      @latenightthinker4737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ninja-981 it is economically, financially, etc. wouldn't say it if it weren't true

    • @ninja-981
      @ninja-981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@latenightthinker4737 I like having a backyard and front yard. I love being able to sit outside while not being on the street.

  • @grantboone3327
    @grantboone3327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I don't see this happening in the long term for the very simple reason that the vast majority of people would hate this kind of isolation dominating their day to day lives. And if most employees don't want to work this way, most companies will not cater to this style.

    • @tahnaiyarussell
      @tahnaiyarussell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I've noticed a lot of companies asking "After COVID we will need you in the office, will you be fine with the commute?"

  • @duncanmackenzie2779
    @duncanmackenzie2779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Things are always difficult to predict, especially the future.

    • @ninja-981
      @ninja-981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Josh R Yep soon there will be a law requiring you to have a "human interaction" permit. Checkpoints on every street corner. You get the idea.

  • @rahulnamboodiri6660
    @rahulnamboodiri6660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This whole thing sounds stupid. Changing everything instead of actually improving medical research, making better arrangements to catch a possible pandemic level virus (China's failure to react in time is why we are in this in the first place) and overall improving health facilities and access to it to people of all ages is much more important and more practical then changing entire lifestyles . The pandemic will go away the lifestyle change is unnecessary

    • @macfhlannchadharonan4668
      @macfhlannchadharonan4668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This shouldn't be the last pandemic we see. Antibiotic resistent bacteria and super viruses are likely going to occur sometimes soon. Being used to this lifestyle means we don't need to shut down the world when it happens. It's also just a much better way to leave, urban sprawl is crazy around the world. This will rebalance house and rent prices.

    • @sacdigitaldesignweb
      @sacdigitaldesignweb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      China’s failure to react in time? Lol. China is not the epic center of the pandemic now.

    • @Unvexed
      @Unvexed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thomas Ebert they weren’t talking about where the epicenter is. The epicenter is currently the United States, but the virus originated in China, and their government did a massive two week coverup.

    • @td_yt6206
      @td_yt6206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lord Shaxx What are you even talking about. China told the WHO as soon as they found about the virus. The world knew about corona already 31. December 2019 and the fact that your governments didn’t do anything about it earlier is their fault not chinas

    • @Unvexed
      @Unvexed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TD_YT first of all, who are “your governments? I live in Canada, not the US. Second of all, it is well known that China downplayed this virus, and even if they told the WHO at that time, they covered it up for weeks before that. Later on they enacted lockdown measures, but it was too late at that point. I agree governments around the world should have done something a lot sooner than March, but China is not innocent.

  • @SonnyBCreative
    @SonnyBCreative 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I live in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It seems like we are very close to this lifestyle already

  • @Zoza15
    @Zoza15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Future for the office clerk you mean.
    Things like local community services within short distance is already what we have in The Netherlands.
    You Americans need to catch up on many things.

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nearly everything!

    • @tylerl4320
      @tylerl4320 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Says the person from the country that still has a monarchy like it’s 1600.
      THIS IS A JOKE

    • @a-10wartaboo77
      @a-10wartaboo77 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro chill out. The only city that has what you’re talking about was called New Amsterdam.

    • @V4l3ri4C2
      @V4l3ri4C2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂 sorry for now being from the 1st world country imaooo

  • @daram2672
    @daram2672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I just want to go back to concerts 😭

  • @Mleh059
    @Mleh059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    While your 'observations' make for endearing speculations, I feel this is a desperate attempt to market this particular brand of work culture. I mean let's be honest, a lot of us working as consultants in the development sector while pursuing doctorates already follow and are part of a similar work culture wherein we needn't have to visit the office physically, but we do have to travel a lot for fieldwork, conferences and related activities and have the freedom to work from home, or a cafe or a bistro, basically anywhere with a good internet connection. This is also a very impractical model for the agrarian sector and agricultural workers, construction workers et al (basically everyone who does not hold a blue collar job). If your speculations didn't have an extrapolating tendency, I might have found them more interesting * shrug *

  • @patricemarie2960
    @patricemarie2960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No bustling open, marketplaces, no more Cities??? How would they survive? ... A thriving economy is everything to a major CITY! 💥👍💫

  • @dianenyc7697
    @dianenyc7697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    We are social creatures I don’t care what you build humans need other humans! ❤️🙏❤️

    • @brynleytalbot778
      @brynleytalbot778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diane Nyc I agree. But we need human company not humans focused on their place in the company hierarchies that define social inclusion. A genuine society values everyone and is inclusive regardless of success or ambition.

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brynleytalbot778 Well said.

  • @catvideos3249
    @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How does one "reserve a desk" at a farm or a factory? This is BS propaganda.

    • @The_Revolutionist
      @The_Revolutionist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Farms and factories will all be automated.

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_Revolutionist That's the sad truth.

    • @CP-ti8fl
      @CP-ti8fl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The video is specifically about "The Future of Cities After COVID-19". That's why farms aren't mentioned. She also did acknowledge that not all jobs can have or will be able to afford all of that smart technology features at 3:56-4:39.

    • @richardwilde1348
      @richardwilde1348 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catvideos3249 Well, tbh if they can fully automate an entire farm or factory, they can fully automate pretty much anything, and the office workers like me will be just as screwed.

    • @accordingtorichard
      @accordingtorichard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      THANK YOU!

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Commuting 2 hours everyday just to do a job that can be replicated from home Just doesn’t make sense

  • @rescueninja4728
    @rescueninja4728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    With privacy issues, I will be one of those people against using my own personal phone with work related apps.

    • @evgenbykov9182
      @evgenbykov9182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can always buy 2 phones

    • @brandonn.1275
      @brandonn.1275 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      From a business perspective getting workers a work phone or laptop will probably b the main way for them to operate especially when handling sensitive consumer data since no guarantees on security or safety can be made about their worker's own devices.

    • @t-bone9239
      @t-bone9239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandonn.1275 you can set up separate business sectors on somebody’s phone, works pretty well for me

  • @BoggWeasel
    @BoggWeasel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    And if the vaccine's work?

    • @JKCWvids
      @JKCWvids 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      you assume everyone will take it ;) the dumb anti vaxxer groups are larger than ever.

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...the global population is decreased by 10-15%, according to Billy Gates.

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samuelk6455 Gate's said that an "effective" vaccine regimen could reduce the global population by 10-15% lol. Anybody else weirded out by this statement from a multibillionaire who owns the global health system?

    • @samuelk6455
      @samuelk6455 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catvideos3249 😂😂😂 ah ok Thank you

    • @jimgood1949
      @jimgood1949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even if the COVID vaccine is 100% effective, people now know that traditional offices are obsolete, and many people can work efficiently from home.
      People also know that a different pandemic with another novel virus may be just around the corner.
      College towns and rural areas are the desirable locations of the future.

  • @hunterwright386
    @hunterwright386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2023
    Phone tells you how to walk

  • @cyrus-shanghai2283
    @cyrus-shanghai2283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Garbage. Be confident that we will survive this one, too; and will live a normal life again.

  • @Conservative_East
    @Conservative_East 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Well you missed me, I want to live in the peaceful countryside in the future.

  • @bbt305
    @bbt305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The future is what you want it to be!!! Build the future!

  • @jarreduys1484
    @jarreduys1484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in a basically post covid world... Or at least it feels like it in Taiwan. 200+ days of no local transmission. You know what's changed? Virtually nothing. Life is the same as it was.
    Also, all this no touching thing is just going to weaken our immune systems, this having an opposite effect.

  • @devinjo454
    @devinjo454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a Boring Boring Boring Boring and Miserable life.. a hamspter on the wheel.. walking or running but on the Smart Phone.. such a Sad Boring miserable Life..

  • @shoylu88
    @shoylu88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We can make a change by using masks in closed and crowded environment and try to social distance or reduce our social circle for a couple of month. I don't know why people find it so hard? We should also start to be more aware and conscious about our diet. This is way easier than change our cities for now. Cities survived the 1918 Flu pandemic, 1st and 2nd World War. Our generation need to man up. People live and spend their life in their virtual/facebook/instagram/tik tok life but can't handle the real world.

    • @insectbite1714
      @insectbite1714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Movie theaters should be banned.

    • @ninja-981
      @ninja-981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We should ban human interaction and be more like China yeah that's a good idea.

  • @WandererOfWorlds0
    @WandererOfWorlds0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm sorry but this is bordering on mass paranoia. It's impossible to live without touching people or touching what others have touched.

  • @richiesd1
    @richiesd1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only American cities. We Americans tend to overdo it, like we did after 9/11. It will be to our detriment.
    That will just mean more sprawl in USA.
    China will have smart cities first.

  • @allbaugh04
    @allbaugh04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All the positives of cities are gone until further notice. No concerts, no comedy, no pro sports, no music clubs, no social areas, and worse of all they're no longer safe. so what's the point of living there or visiting one? I use to drive to Minneapolis regularly and there's no longer any point in going back.

  • @sunnymon1436
    @sunnymon1436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:50 "Cities are widening streets and adding bike lanes" - no they're not.

  • @jacksonoberhauser4322
    @jacksonoberhauser4322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    sounds like big brother may be watching

  • @whomst5141
    @whomst5141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't see this happening in third world country cities, there arent many resources or theres too much corruption
    (sorry if i messed up the grammar)

  • @mikel8414
    @mikel8414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds so dystopian! Not saying I miss busy commutes but this whole distancing business doesn't seem natural at all.

  • @CrazyMama75
    @CrazyMama75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I miss city living more since lockdown. Everything is so far away in the countryside, sure its pretty but its lonely and its slower and it feels dead (especially during a lockdown). Plus the public transport links here are very weak, and as they hold lesser numbers they aren't cleaned as often as city ones are who, because of higher usage, agencies are more keen to prove they're maintaining. Plus I miss the culture, the access to more options of stimuli.

  • @cameronjournal
    @cameronjournal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's one thing missing from this discussion: weather. Many major cities are located farther north which means you have to deal with snow, rain, and cold. Here in Seattle, outdoor everything doesn't work for 9 months of the year on account of the rain.

    • @constitutionalistid6367
      @constitutionalistid6367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was'nt going to comment but I of your viewpoint too. Adding to yours, it's not just cities in the North or NW. The South & SW are miserably hot 3 or 4 months & too cold about 3 months or so. Don't believe the hype, it gets freaking cold in Georgia too. Lows in 20s & highs 50 give or take. This is a delusional idea if some Elite directed Utopia. Everywhere can't be like Hawaii.

  • @jakecosenza69
    @jakecosenza69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Touchless buttons, but also everyone shares rentable desk space. Anyone see a problem?

  • @dystoniaify
    @dystoniaify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are we going to live in fear of covid and viruses forever?

  • @kaiaoshne
    @kaiaoshne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone talks about how to design a city and no one talks about how coronavirus has started and how to avoid this to happen again.

  • @composeryawyawmayhem6392
    @composeryawyawmayhem6392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow! Thank you China for changing the entire world. You literally impacted my life. Or should I say, our lives. Your control has reached across the globe. Distant humanity and humanity will lose its touch.

  • @treelife365
    @treelife365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If the only change that comes from this is that roads are taken away from private vehicles and handed over to widened sidewalks, pedestrians and bicycles, that would be a massive positive change already.
    (Humans are notorious for forgetting about things soon after they pass...)

  • @ShorabHossain
    @ShorabHossain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yeah, not happening.

  • @viveks9782
    @viveks9782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a crystal ball too. This video offered no actionable insight into the future - would anyone want to live in a 'city' like that ?. Note : Chinese & Korean cities seems to be fine (for now) after stamping out COVID cases, the 'Spanish' flu did not really kill cities did it ?

  • @grocio.18
    @grocio.18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Most of the perks are just describing European cities😹😹

  • @FreeminderXIII
    @FreeminderXIII 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vaccine ----> back to normal
    This video is pointless considering a lot of factors you ignored

    • @catvideos3249
      @catvideos3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And if this magical vaccine never materializes, what then? Lock down indefinitely?

  • @bruh_hahaha
    @bruh_hahaha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    once the vaccine kicks in and Covid goes away, we’ll be back to where we were. People nowadays have very short-termed memory.

  • @TomasFlorian_
    @TomasFlorian_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haha I do a lot od things like this, in my company we reserved meeting rooms even before COVID (when creating a meeting in calendar you name the event, invite the people, choose online or offline and if offline you choose the meeting room), you can view the schedule for each meeting room.. And this week they introduced reserving desks, everyone has their own desk, but you have to reserve a space so not so many people are at work at the same time... Also I regularly shop for clothes on ZOOT it’s an online store where you choose the items you like and your sizes it is then shipped to the store of your choosing and then just come to a physical store which is just a cash register and a couple changing rooms where everything you ordered just waits in a box for you, you try it on pay for the things you like and leave the rest...

  • @KAZAM707
    @KAZAM707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly, this is going too far. We don't have to change everything about the way we operate. Many people in New York have already forgotten about COVID and have moved on. We'll just have a rock solid plan in place for future pandemics. We'll act quicker, have PPE ready, etc. I don't think these measures suggested will eliminate the risks of a pandemic at all.
    States shut down for weeks while New York was suffering. Once New York improved and summer started, those states reopened and within weeks had to shut down again. Humans will continue to do normal human things for thousands of years, regardless of a WSJ video and regardless of past pandemics.

  • @PLe-lr8qj
    @PLe-lr8qj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a public health person, I appreciate this video in urban design.

  • @bernardtarver6496
    @bernardtarver6496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why would any of this be necessary after the pandemic?

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To prevent the next pandemic.

    • @ninja-981
      @ninja-981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They want to prevent humans from ever risking getting sick ever again and unfortunately for you and I, most people want the future to be like this. No more socialization "for your own good".

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ninja-981 What are you on about?

  • @velious2121
    @velious2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Introverts, the future is ours.

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If that's so, I'm going to be emperor one day.

  • @tes_la
    @tes_la 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *Work from home.*
    *Shop from home.*
    *Life from home.*

  • @apscoinscurrenciesmore7599
    @apscoinscurrenciesmore7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I thought we were gonna bring back 2019 😎👍

    • @theonlygosha
      @theonlygosha 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      blue bird 2019 wasn’t that good, accept change or get left behind

    • @insectbite1714
      @insectbite1714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@theonlygosha 2019 was perfect

    • @johnmaker7577
      @johnmaker7577 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theonlygosha why? 2019 was perfectly fine. The change just seems worse in every way

  • @RCmack
    @RCmack 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It will be normal to have to wear masks in public places.
    Folks hated the mandatory seat belt law at first and got over it.
    So folks will eventually have to get over having to wear masks in public.

    • @insectbite1714
      @insectbite1714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am unable to pee with mask on.

  • @Elonfuckingmusk
    @Elonfuckingmusk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once the pandemic ends there will be new emerging markets. You don’t think people will be dying to go back to malls or movie theaters or amusement parks and get back to socialization? Look around already people are willing to break social distancing guidelines just to hangout with others.

  • @madk5864
    @madk5864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2021 will be normal again

  • @hugo_kruger
    @hugo_kruger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The future city is a suburb, where most of us want to live.

  • @JustaReadingguy
    @JustaReadingguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh no, Woodstock will never happen again.

  • @nicwale
    @nicwale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A bright future for introverts 🎉

  • @littleblacksubmarie
    @littleblacksubmarie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the future is sad. sorry kids.

  • @BecomeAWebDev
    @BecomeAWebDev 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ... "are put on hold" ... What's happened to the English language at the WSJ? That clearly should've been "have been put on hold." You can't afford native English speakers?

  • @callmeswivelhips8229
    @callmeswivelhips8229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This focus on revitalizing city neighborhoods reminds me intensely of Jacob's, "The Death and Life and Great American Cities". She spends a novel amount of time discussing city neighborhoods and their importance in constructing and building well-balanced cities that are strong and healthy.
    Mind you, the book is 450 pages long. So start the book with a dedication streak. But it's worth the read, she's a good writer. A New Yorker for many years before she wrote the thing.
    Great video!!

  • @DiscoverJesus
    @DiscoverJesus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    People just want to be left to get on and live with the joy of relationships

  • @hunterwright386
    @hunterwright386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The whole world is not going to revolve around one illness, I doubt any of this will happen.

  • @kifacorea
    @kifacorea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a rich persons fantasy, sadly. Poor will get screwed.

  • @danielfarang8765
    @danielfarang8765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People don't change that easy, we will be back to normal in notime as soon we get a vacine

  • @felixacosta626
    @felixacosta626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will continue to go to mall and buy cloth and restraunt to eat food and continue going to gym thank you

    • @anontheshade
      @anontheshade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. The fear mongering is wearing my last nerve.

  • @chadjones4255
    @chadjones4255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do these "experts" ever get anything right? There seems to be no consequences for wildly, dangerously incorrect modeling.

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:55 25,000 out of how much?

  • @tylerory9745
    @tylerory9745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is unlikely. Executives have started to see massive decreases in productivity due to remote work besides an original bounce in productivity right at the beginning. Most are now changing plans to return to normal work by next year.

  • @loveanimals-0197
    @loveanimals-0197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need a video on the "stock options" for executives.

  • @Max-fv6fh
    @Max-fv6fh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't think it will change that much it is proven that humans never really change ! We were educated to have our life being like it was before covid

  • @MickyAvStickyHands
    @MickyAvStickyHands 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The study of people living in urban cities is the same type of study they had on increasing horse ownership 100 years ago. They're wrong b/c they're all based on obsolete data. Remote offices, delivery services, online banking and offsite distribution centers are all factors to spread people out, not pile them on top of each other.

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wrong. People have already discovered that cooking food is by far the cheapest way of eating food. Saving money is imperative, and people will continue to have second thoughts of dining out. Restaurants are a waste of money. Movie watch parties will become a norm on movie platforms. Watching titles together with a chat window open.

  • @Lawliet734
    @Lawliet734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:52 "25,000 US stores could close permanently in 2020." Is that supposed to be a lot? What percentage is that? Absolute numbers give no perspective.

  • @SoniKumari-wj6ib
    @SoniKumari-wj6ib 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hypothetical MUMBAI ✒️📠🌦🌥👈has CALI believe IT Marathon meet INDIA matters LUV. 🏃 peace glObally 🏃.

  • @LaowaiDaveJCP
    @LaowaiDaveJCP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lived in NANJING, China for five years and the FUTURE city you're talking about is pretty much every Chinese cities big n small 😉
    OMG rise of the commies 😂😂😂

  • @今坂竜士
    @今坂竜士 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vaccination is important, but more important stuff to do as urban people is to avoid 3Cs which means crowded places, close-contact and closed spaces. Because even if we overcame this covid-19, it would come to another type of various. That's what our history tells. Urbanized civilization might be limited for our future.

  • @JA238979
    @JA238979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe she forgot about all other "pandemics" like Influenza, hepatitis, HIV, and all other other epidemics while playing with her phone and computer in New York City. It must be nice to be rich.

  • @CC-si3cr
    @CC-si3cr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the heck is "footfall"? The principle @ Gensler said she thinks entertainment really needs "footfall". I am a purist when it comes to my spending. I want to see my musicals on Broadway, my blockbusters in a movie theater NOT a dine-in cinema (even though those already exist) and I want to attend a concert around other music lovers. I am not attached to technology in the way they want me to be.

  • @gursharandhanoa8777
    @gursharandhanoa8777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welcome to black mirror season 20 episode 20

  • @GibsonArtola
    @GibsonArtola 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This looks like a paid advertisement for Google, Microsoft and Apple. I don't see any forthright reasoning as to why people would suddenly stop socialising like regular human beings once the pandemic is past. It may sound like a great opportunity for architects, but maybe they should focus more on the architecture rather than giving lessons on sociology.

  • @farrukhsaif108
    @farrukhsaif108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh god oh no

  • @SouthCountyDreaming
    @SouthCountyDreaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess WSJ doesn’t realize that the dominant urban landscape in the US is suburbia. This video is pointless for those that don’t live in NYC.

  • @thelonerider9693
    @thelonerider9693 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The future of the city after covid19? Is that most of us aren't going to be living in one. Where I am now is a suburb and frankly I can't wait to get out and move to an even more rural place. I want space to shoot my bow, garden, ride my bike without dealing with idiots on cell phones behind the wheel, and I sure as heck don't want to ever have to wear a mask again unless it's a costume party. You can keep your cities with your control, crowds, lack of autonomy and killjoy approach to life. Not to mention your riots, taxes, crime, pollution...

  • @shin-ishikiri-no
    @shin-ishikiri-no 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One MAJOR issue with this are zoning laws... Government tells you what you can build in certain areas.

  • @Gd-jq6mz
    @Gd-jq6mz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So essentially future according to WSJ is cyborg world

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What video were you watching?

    • @Gd-jq6mz
      @Gd-jq6mz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SuperTonyony I'm an engineer my self and some of these are a bit too fake