One in eight young people in the UK have never seen a real cow - 18% have never left the city
I once talked to an Outward Bound instructor who worked with deprived kids, and they'd arrive in the Lake District with no real idea that there were places that *big*.
It's sad that there are children who haven't left the city they were born in, but it doesn't surprise me.
cities  children  viaSwampers 
august 2017 by andrewducker
Google aims to fix public transit in US by taking control of parking and transport
A bit sensationalist, but the underlying tech and society changes are fascinating.
google  transport  cars  cities 
june 2016 by andrewducker
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