Between neighborhood convenience and metropolitan opportunity: Residential narratives on the "15-minute City" lifestyle in Warsaw

In this work, we center the importance of residential narrative in communicating about the “15-minute City” concept by presenting and interpreting the results of a local survey investigating interrelations between: neighborhood-level availability and accessibility to services and amenities; perceived quality of life; and place attachment, this last often being disregarded in this concept. The results, based on qualitative research carried out in Warsaw, document strong links between the first two, with the primary observed benefits being time- and effort-saving, followed by advantages concerning general life comfort, safety and walkability. Regarding place attachment, we identify a division of residents into the categories “stayers” and “movers”, which define their attitude irrespective of neighborhood convenience and quality of life perceived. Narratives emphatically attributed availability of public transport infrastructure an important role in contributing to life-quality, revealing the intensity and complexity of spatial interaction linking the neighborhood with the city-cum-metropolitan level. ...