Tucker: Much of our architecture in cities is ‘anti-human’
Urban planner Andres Duany talks to ‘Tucker Carlson Today’ about how we can design better, human-centered cities that aim to bring us together.
Cars are such a central part of American life that we often do not realize how dependent our day-to-day survival is reliant on consistent access to a vehicle. However, cities and towns were not always built in a way that prevented easy, walkable access to basic necessities, urban planner Andrés Duany told "Tucker Carlson Today."
Duany said that with reimagined city planning and architecture, living spaces can be centered around ease of movement and human interaction.
"I think what makes America pretty awful is that the car is mandatory. Yes, if you did not have a car almost at an individual level, every individual has a car. You would literally starve to death in a couple of days," said Duany.
"A new era," more ecological and without fossil fuels, will open up after the coronavirus pandemic, says Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri, known for his "vertical forests."
Duany continues to explain how the current town plan, which makes cars a "mandatory" tool for people to acquire what they need, greatly affects your life and can actually be a hindrance to freedom.
"The town plan. It really affects your life. For example, a kid that has to be driven everywhere is a kid with no freedom at all. You know, right? And an older person that no longer can drive is a prisoner, highly isolated. So what we design are places that are walkable, above all walkable, where you can get to your daily needs by walking."
He goes on to discuss the importance of being able to walk to daily needs, and how this practice died along with the widespread takeover of the automobile.
"Up to about 1950, before the cars were widespread and before everyone essentially had one. Every place, right across cultures, you needed your daily needs within walking distance. It was absolutely normal. The Romans did it, the Chinese did it. Everybody did it. And then the car eradicated that discipline," said Duany.
To hear Andrés' full array of ideas for building better cities and for more interviews, watch "Tucker Carlson Today" available on Fox Nation.
Fox Nation programs are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. Go to Fox Nation to start a free trial and watch the extensive library from your favorite Fox News personalities.
Fox News First
Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox.
By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. You understand that you can opt-out at any time.