Thought he was gonna say Houston I was gonna be appalled

Barcelona is missing a 15 lane highway running through the middle and lots of massive parking lots which are almost empty

He had us in the first half 😂

As someone from Barcelona, I'd like to add that public transport is very well planned and all the cities next to Barcelona are included in a sort of "zone" that allows you to go anywhere inside that zone in just a few minutes. It's very nice honestly.

I lived in Chicago for 8 years, didn't have a car and loved it. People who have never lived in a walkable city have absolutely no idea how shitty it is to spend your life driving around in a car.

The entirety of the Netherlands: Am I a joke to you?

“I’m escaping to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by Capitalism… Barcelona!”

You already have similar grids in many USA cities, just make roads narrower, pedestrian friendly and build denser mixed use with parking spaces underground.

True Spanish Engineering 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

As an urban planning enthusiast, I cannot but pay my respect for the design of Barcelona. That said, Amsterdam is the golden standard!

Barcelona’s only real issue is its overcrowding in the summer. Since it’s an already very dense city, when toutists flocks to the city in the heat, it is not for everyone. But it all in all makes for an as car free metropolis of its size as it can get.

Barcelona was so cool when I visited. Was really impressed with the urbanism aspect and how well they’re developing their land. Certainly a leader in livable cities

I think alot of European cities are like that, Amsterdam uses lots fo bikes and very good public transport, London still has lots of cars but the tube system is great, all of france in general is very well connected, same situation with Switzerland

I lived in Houston and I can attest it is the worst traffic up there with L.A. I will be in Barcelona next month and when my friend said I don't need to rent a car I didn't believe her at first but after downloading some apps like AMB and TMB and after buying a monthly city transit ticket, it looks like Barcelona and Spain with its bullet trains is second to none.

DART is really good if you like visiting different parking lots.

Tokyo has an incredibly good public transportation system too. Hong Kong builds a railway station, then builds services around it, then builds residential areas.

Ildefons Cerda planned the city in the mid 1800s specifically so that this would be possible. Possibly the greatest urban planner in history.

Of all the cities I've visited in the world, Barcelona is still my number one. It's just perfect everywhere you go. The city design must have played with my experience too.

Lost me at “to fully grasp the greatness of this place” as soon as you zoomed in on Houston 😂

A minor detail I like about Barcelona is that each square block has a "cut corner" with parking spaces and stuff, so everyone doesn't have to parallell park along the length of the sidewalk