Metal and glass skyscrapers dominate the skyline. ibid.
Mexico City: a sprawling megalopolis fuelled by optimism and enterprise. World’s Busiest Cities s1e2: Mexico City
1,000 tianguis or open-air markets. ibid.
A city that has come to define urban sprawl. ibid.
It’s crowded, it’s congested, there are problems with water and sewage, and this haphazard city sits in a major earthquake zone where parts of it are sinking ten centimetres each year. ibid.
50,000 of these buses. ibid.
Capital of Russia and mega-city forged by power and politics. World’s Busiest Cities s1e3: Moscow
Home to nearly 13,000,000 people. Three quarters of Moscovites, that’s 9,000,000 people use the Moscow Metro every day. ibid.
Traffic here is so bad. ibid.
Delhi: capital of India and a megacity bursting at the seams … More than 26 million people, live, thrive and survive here. World’s Busiest Cities s1e4: Delhi
It’s hectic and hot, over 40 degrees C and it’s only May. ibid.
Delhi is a magnet for people in search of a better life. ibid.
A total area greater than Belgium … a population larger than the whole of Australia. ibid.
New Delhi - an expansive modern capital would be bolted on to Old Delhi. ibid.
Among the most polluted cities in the world. ibid.
The top ten cities at risk [of sea rise]: Kolkata, Mumbai, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, Bangkok, Rangoon, Miami, Hai Phong. Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel, 2017
The concrete is driving us crazy! The empty lots! The inhuman world around us! The monstrous soulless city! Buffet Froid 1979 starring Gerard Depardieu & Bernard Blier & Jean Carmet & Liliane Rovere & Carole Bouquet & Denise Gence & Marco Perrin & Jean Benguigui & Jean Rougerie & Bernard Crombey et al, director Bertrand Blier, the murderer
Cities: the fastest growing habitat on the planet. A land of opportunity. For animals of all shapes and sizes. This unnatural world presents unique challenges. But for those able to adapt and take advantage of the riches on offer, the urban jungle is quickly becoming the new wild. Cities: Nature’s New Wild I: Residents, BBC 2018
Singapore’s otters have everything they need to survive: food, water and even security hidden corners in which to grow up in. ibid.
Pythons are most active under the cover of darkness, and travelling at night they move virtually undetected. ibid.
Stalks flock to landfill sites across Europe. ibid.
It is estimated that 40,000 long-eared owls now live in towns across Serbia. ibid.
Over half a billion people across the world commute into cities every day. Cities: Nature’s New Wild II: Commuters
Animals are travelling into the world’s fortune seeking their own fortune. ibid.
Crossing the city they [penguin] face something potentially even more dangerous: cars. ibid.
A group of very hungry animals enter Aspen in search of leftovers: black bears. ibid.
The worker bee able to carry its own body weight in nectar and pollen back to the nest. ibid.
At this time of year [winter] Calgary is a refuge to over 10,000 mallards sheltering from the blistering cold. The heat generated by people and industry has kept the local waterways open and the ducks warm. ibid.
St Lucia, South Africa: The commuters are hippos … They are after just one thing: grass … Whole families head into town to dine out. ibid.
The urban world has created opportunities that are too good to ignore for some of the world’s wildlife. ibid.
Animals now live where our cities were once built … These are the wild outcasts. Cities: Nature’s New Wild III
Costa Rica: Home to some of the most intelligent monkeys in the world … These white-faced capuchins are in a perilous position … These monkeys should have an innate fear of humans … Tourists are only fuelling this bad behaviour. ibid.
Crystal River: The biggest tourist attraction here by far are its manatees … Over 500 manatees pack themselves into the toastie springs. ibid.
In the middle of the twentieth century a city in the new world arrived on the global stage. It quickly became the most influential and exciting place on the planet, a place with more energy and originality than everywhere else put together. Dr James Fox, Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities I: New York, BBC 2014
I think it all got started in one remarkable year: 1951. This was the year when the city’s irrepressible creative spirit exploded into life. When the world’s greatest jazz musicians pioneered modern music. When Jack Kerouac gave the beat generation a voice. And Marlon Brando redefined modern cinema. ibid.
‘Madison Avenue was a passionately wonderful place to work.’ ibid. Jane Mass copywriter
By 1951 the pressure to conform was immense … New York, the consumer capital of the world, was also home to the biggest rebellion against 50s conformity. ibid.
Kerouac’s novel went on to become a bible for the beat generation, a handbook for all those who wished to rebel against American authority. ibid.
Bebop was certainly the soundtrack of the counter-culture. ibid.
Without New York in 1951, modern life would be very different indeed. ibid.
The history of Japanese cities is the history of their destruction. James Fox, The Art of Japanese Life II: Cities, BBC 2017
It was a great place to grow up. The school was less than 200 years away that I went to elementary school; down the street going the other way we had a huge park … Flint Town s1e1: Welcome to Flint Town, rozzer opening comments, Netflix 2018
This is the story about an American city in critical condition. ibid. Dan Rather news report
They had a complete lack of trust in us. ibid. female rozzer
I don’t think anyone’s coming to help us. ibid. resident
The city of Flint is under a state of emergency after poisonous lead is found in the water supply. An election for mayor is a week away leading to uncertainty for the chief and the department. ibid. captions
There needs to be seven more of me to handle the case load. ibid. Bridgette Balasko, female rozzer
Over the past ten years, budget cuts have reduced the Flint police force from 300 officers to 98 serving 100,000 citizens. ibid. caption
We are absolutely in a crisis with the community. ibid. male rozzer
The biggest problem we have is the shootings just at night, the shootings back and forth. ibid. resident
But sometimes it seems as if the problems have no end. Flint Town s1e2: Two Guns, male rozzer
The Flint police department sends new hires to a regional police academy for 16 weeks of basic training. There are four Flint P.D. recruits in this year’s class. They are the department’s first new cadets in three years. ibid. captions
We’re policing the community in survival mode. ibid. male rozzer
How can you trust the police? How can you? Flint Town s1e3: The Rat Pack, dude
Maria Reed … Dion Reed … Maria is Dion’s mother. It’s a first for our academy. They both did an awesome job. ibid. diploma award ceremony
… twelve of them were hit; five of them were killed and then he engaged in an extended fire fight with Dallas P.D. … and blew him the fuck up. Flint Town s1e4: Death & Homicide, rozzers get news from Dallas
There are just a lot more people who want to target you now. ibid. rozzer
2016 Catt Squad stats: 107 illegal guns off the streets; 560 people arrested; Arrests resulted in 619 felony charges. Flint Town s1e5: The Numbers
If you think there are problems with the way things are going, maybe not here in Flint but in the United States as a whole, come help us solve them. ibid. caption
Flint dramatically reduced violent crime in 2016. ibid. WMEN5 news report