Unpopular opinion: I tried openly discussing the '15-minute city' concept as a positive thing at a local council meeting in Bristol.

Honestly, I got shouted down by about 20 people who called it a 'climate lockdown conspiracy' and learned that even suggesting a practical urban planning idea can get you labeled as supporting totalitarian control, so has anyone else faced this kind of instant backlash for just bringing up a topic?

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murphy.val20d ago

It's wild how these ideas get twisted online before they even hit real life. You're just talking about walkable neighborhoods and suddenly you're in a conspiracy theory. The backlash is so automatic now people don't even hear the actual proposal anymore.

rowanellis20d ago

My local Facebook group does this with bike lanes every time.

samwalker13d ago

Tbh it's not just online, @rowanellis, it happens at town meetings too.