I'm amazed too at how all these are achieved. Love the greenery.

There isn't really a non-rude way to ask this, but do you think the rapid civilizational development intellectually overwhelms the existing society of the area? (Both close to Singapore as well as further out towards Malaysia/Indonesia - and perhaps especially the Philippines?) And do you think more could be done to make that shift more appealing to the society affected by it? Specifically, spreading more appreciation for a structured lifestyle and mindset? I know I sound a bit like a racist nutjob, but I actually hate those guys congregated in the bad side of KZfaq, so perhaps you can give me the benefit of the doubt to read what I mean: There seems to be a ton of infantile behaviour and thought that is apparent whenever I see people from the greater Indonesia or the entire Malay Archipelago area interact online (not just in English - also in their own discussions), and I have yet to find someone to disagree with me when I address this point. Starting at a worryingly early age, they seem to be acting without guidance from their parents when it comes to things like sexuality and career. Without that guidance, they seem unusually incentivised to ignore responsibility and intellectual complexity, in favour of whatever their 14-20-year-old minds come up with on a whim. And to me it seems like this mostly happens because they don't get the education/upbringing needed to handle the modern world in their homes or schools. In my opinion, this is an effect that fundamentally applies to the rest of the world, too. All the richest and most technologically advanced countries still consist of families who used to be mostly farmers and tradespeople in small villages until only the last few generations. And we're not doing enough to pass on the skills and mindsets required to navigate a modern world from those people who have successfully made that transition, to those whose parents and parents' parents were stuck in the impoverished proletariat. I'll admit that I myself think that I struggle to navigate the world more than others because I wasn't raised with the necessary skills to tackle life with the needed sense of agency; I more just lived to make it through school, and chased the praise from my teachers; I never really learned to believe that developing my habits, skills, and hobbies was something I could actively control, until I was already way behind people who were raised in households of where office jobs, financial responsibility, and personal habit management were the norm. But at least in our Western cases, most of these generations of people have been surrounded by intellectually challenging culture for a long time - high art (I know that term is beyond contested in culture sciences, and for good reason, but you get my point) and complex thought is everywhere I look; it rewards people for complex thinking and encourages them to pursue grand achievements and technological progress. And while there's obviously also a lot of wisdom and joy in the culture of non-first-world cultures, I just don't think it offers the same preparation for modern life as the progression of Western culture provided. So if it's already been an issue for me, I'd expect it to be a much deeper-rooted issue outside of the West, and especially in rapidly developing areas like the Malay archipelago. (Again, not trying to sound demeaning, but I think that's frankly impossible to avoid with a topic like the one I'm trying to address. I'm fully prepared to have you disagree with my premise, I'm just trying to explain what I'm seeing. If I get called out for my comment being out of place, I get it, but I honestly think this rapid cultural transition is something we could learn from - especially the problematic parts of it.)

​@@TheHadMattersthis. You managed to eloquently put to words what I've tried to for the past few years. I myself have no answer, i don't think we are doing anything to prepare our children for that. Maybe let them co-opt western culture online, dilute our current values. We are not very proactive after all.

@@TheHadMatters "All the richest and most technologically advanced countries still consist of families who used to be mostly farmers and tradespeople in small villages until only the last few generations. And we're not doing enough to pass on the skills and mindsets required to navigate a modern world from those people who have successfully made that transition, to those whose parents and parents' parents were stuck in the impoverished proletariat." From my view I don't think we in the West are doing all that well to tackle modernity. Our individualistic side is in many ways wonderful but it leads us to be so self interested that the general attitude is an "I have mine" attitude such that we don't care about our peers. I hear constantly a "this country (US for me) owes you nothing" attitude and in my mind I then ask what do I owe my country if it owes me nothing? Anyway, what I wanted to get to is is that a lot of Asian countries tend to be more communal and familial focused. Because of that there's better cohesion and I think psychological safety. Now, to be frank, I think it can go too far and that a lot of Asian countries do. as an example, China or Japan come to mind for countries that can push it too far.

I only saw women planners in this documentary, though. But you only mention men being behind this achievement 😊

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In America they specifically destroy nature so the billboards stick out better and so people have more psychological stress which causes more pharmaceutical use, fighting between people so they don’t notice the gov is killing everyone, and psychological stress causes more impulse buying to stimulate a stupid economy that destroys everyone.

Not the most ideal place to live. Doing what is needed "to forge a better life".

Just search 'Wild City Singapore' and there is a series of documentaries with narration by Sir David Attenborough himself!

It did had about 15-20 mins. National Geographic had a full feature.

ideal places only exists in Hollywood productions, try name ONE COUNTRY on this planet @@geoWONG

My dream is to start my own island nation with urban forests but without all the extreme laws. 🍀🤞

thank the dorm workers; without them, the streets would be covered in garbage and vomit from locals and drunks

@@mysteriousfox88 don't be such a Debbie Downer, faceless killjoy

Really??? 🤣😂 U seem to have conveniently forgotten that quite a few of them also contribute to the rubbish n litter that their cleaner pals are paid to clean up. So spare us ur bleeding hearted BS .... especially when many other cities in the region ... from India to India ... look n smell like urban cesspools ..even with so much cheap labour to tap on

What's your favorite thing about living in Singapore?

@@mysteriousfox88Whoa! The non-drunk locals vomit in the streets!? Yuk 😂

Lovely ❤

Yes it is, fyi, Mr Lee Kuan Yew took priority in making Singapore a garden city since day one.

America is behind because our politicians are too involved and don't let the citizens choose how to they want to live.

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"centralized" planning is the key. The US has too many cooks in the kitchen ruining the pot.

Politicians speak on behalf of their donors, they don't work for the greater good

​@@VictorMartinez-zf6dtthe government actually is the one who planned the development of Singapore, are u even watching?

Please come back to Singapore soon.

I think it’s hard to bring this to America. In Singapore, the government has tight control over much of the land space and the public generally accepts this. The benefit is that we get a lot of things that exist for public good. Urban planning becomes a central focus. I feel like most Americans would resist that much government interference in their lives. Most Singaporeans live in public housing. So public housing is not an afterthought, it’s a priority. Again, the government has a lot of control over the land space and therefore can prioritize these needs.

LEGISLATION.

Americans will say all this public housing and greenery is against their freedom 😂😂

It is okay for public housing to exist. As long as it is not in my backyard.

@@lowify1that’s the issue of many countries, they see public housing as low quality home for the poor and low income group, but in Singapore public housing HDB is seen as the prime choice for most people because how well built they are with all the amenities they need nearby, that’s why their public housing housed more than half of the population.

Singapore is an amazing place. The only downside is the climate, so hot and humid that its uncomfortable to be outside most of the time. The trees help with shade and their cooling effect.

@@udishomer5852 isn't still cooler than most SEA countries, If you looked at google today's forecast: Singapore - 29/27, Hanoi - 33/26, Bangkok - 35/27, but i do agree 27 degrees at night is sweltering without a/c

@@kitoken368 It is the humidity at 98% that makes the "heat". Sweat does not cool you effectively. You can see the beads of sweat on his forehead. 😅

@@kitoken368 29-32 is way better than 33-35 lol. And sg is nearer to the equator. So trees do make an impact

@@kitoken368 Singapore is not cooler, I lived in Thailand and the Philippines, both seem to have a slightly better climate in most places. The big cities (Manila/Bangkok) are hotter because of the Heat Island effect and the lack of trees/greenery.

Singapore is 58 years old

green initiatives and electrification on the island has been wildly criticized and infrastructure is about 15-20 years behind its peers. its the biggest and densest polluter in the region

Now I'm wondering if this Solarpunk infrastructure would work in desert regions, tundras, third-world countries, and countries like Africa, India (including Sri Lanka), South Korea and Japan.

@@mysteriousfox88infrastructure is behind how? It’s also only more polluting because it’s richer. compared to countries with similar gdp per capita it is greener

I'd like to see what the transit is like there. Since trains are the purest form of solarpunk

@@harrasika it’s too small for trains (it’s a city state) but there is expansive metro and bus

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@@mohdfahmi8841 que?

If you like even better, hope Asia will improve too to become the Greenest Asia.

I am Singaporean, I love Malaysia 😊

As a Singaporean, I have always wished well for our close neighbour Malaysia.

I’m Singaporean and wish Malaysia and Malaysians progress, full development and much wealth. 👍🙏❤️

@surinamesurname Just Johor will do.

He’s legendary for sure

We, from Singapore are forever grateful for his foresight, strength and hard work.

Singapore is a dystopian place to live. You know you can actually live there if you want?

Mur'ca can't replicate it because Mur'ca only cares about increasing shareholder value, to the detriment of everything else. A country of serfs to money (and "weirdly", money that doesn't go to the pockets of the majority of the serfs). So, yeah... entirely different priorities.

You need a lot of collective will to make it happen. In Singapore, the government has a lot of control and thus this can happen. Many Americans would resist that. Just NIMBY-ism on a micro level, and then multiplied, would make this impossible. NIMBY-ism exists in Singapore too. But the government has control over land management so it can manage that more effectively.

The psychological effect is legit. I’m curious though about how people feel about wealth security and complexity of what you can or cannot own. Are most people chill about it most of the time? 😂

It's not just city planners. She says right at the beginning, green space mandated by law.

Transportation planners are a separate animal.@@RBzee112

just elect the right people NOT the to BE but to DO

But first off, you must elect intelligent, practical government who walk the talk for the people. The States, I see has many in congress who should be in a home and look suspiciously corrupt.

@@pringlessourcream9527 the American government is heavily corrupt and it is so blatant they do it right in front of everyones' eyes tima and again, and they get away with it. What Trump is being made a punching bag over has little to nothing to do with him being corrupt, he's being made an example of by the deep state democratic machine. I wouldn't vote for him anyway, at this point he's only running forward, arms outstretched into their game of skull and bones ☠️ where he'll disintegrate just like our country is about to do: disintegrate, fast/or slowly and it will affect the entire world. This is a time where I am ashamed to have white skin, look how all the wars going on are financially based (soon to become religious based again) because they're a collection of money grubbing snobs. Like I said above, it is good to see a country pickup all the abandoned pieces from colonialism, and prosper. Singapore is a real source of hope for many. 🕊️🙏

@@pringlessourcream9527 hmm, I wonder where my reply went?

wtf is colonialism? they had never been colonialized. stop talking buzzword.

​@@werren894What are you on about? They used to be called the Colony of Singapore

Welcome

Where do you live?

I often ask friends overseas to do a random google street view, place it anywhere on the map, any random point, and I bet it'd be very green.

Hear hear! As a Singaporean, it was such a surprise to see pbs terra cover our urban planning - but u echo my sentiments exactly. We can make cities everywhere greener and more harmonious with nature, and I'd love to live through a lifetime where this happens globally!

its maintained by a sea of indentured migrant labour. everything was dying off during the covid lockdowns because theyre not naturally sustainable

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Watch out for Tengah Housing Estate or Tengah District. Another one such as the Kampong Admiralty or I heard it's more beautifully planned.

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Oh yeah, an exploitive, capitalist, authoritarian regime that oppresses marginalized people is the “pinnacle of civilization”. Wake up from your fantasy.

That's very high praise, we're not perfect and there are issues, but as a local I am very grateful for your comment!

Yes. The majority of Singaporeans are great. They vote for great people to be in the government during elections (every 4 years)... What you see is the result after many years of good governance and hard work.

​@@jeems2066but your country its perfect for me, No Natural resources but can build amazing city like this. Its magic for me

anything is possible with millions of indentured low wage workers

Millions??? Care to elaborate??? Stuff it mate. Inclding the rubbish coming out of u

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Australia would honestly be PERFECT for redeveloping with the solarpunk treatment. Imagine Brisbane being like this, it would be amazing!

He overdressed in order to be respectful. Normally, a wifebeater and short pants would do.

@@sktoh4469 I think he wore the jacket to hide the sweat under his white tee, for the purpose of the camera of course. xD

Maybe because US is the Best first world country, there is nothing to learn

Mur'ca can't replicate it because Mur'ca only cares about increasing shareholder value, to the detriment of everything else. A country of serfs to money (and "weirdly", money that doesn't go to the pockets of the majority of the serfs). So, yeah... entirely different priorities.

We have gotten used to the animals. Sometimes while you're out grocery shopping you do run into monkeys, boars, chickens or snakes.. But we avoid. For snakes we call the animal control to move them away from residential areas. Ppl have been attacked by boars though. It's a balance to live among wild animals

That’s the downside to Singapore it’s extremely HOT most of the year! Seasons are hot very hot extremely hot and scorching HOT! 🔥

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