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Various places around the world have begun to embrace the 15-minute city, but the model risks excluding disadvantaged communities
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is University Professor and Director of Cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at NYU’s Shack Institute of Real Estate.
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