> The mayor has a vision for a "15-minute city" where you rarely leave your neighborhood. The concept offends my American sensibilities of wanting to roam free over wide ranges.

Interesting comment, but I think a better take is that 15-minute neighborhoods don’t force you to leave your neighborhood for short trips. Is it really American to be forced into traveling outside of your neighborhood to go to things? I think it’s more free (and therefore “American?”) to have more local options, which of course doesn’t preclude distant options if you desire.