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In this episode, Kevin explores the history of kid cities, a series of fake miniature towns in which children can role-play as adults. Why do these exist, and who is behind them?
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0:00 – Part 1: La Ciudad De Los Niños
13:03 – Part 2: Wannado City
24:02 – Part 3: Similar Projects
35:20 – Part 4: Are You Having Fun?
48:46 – Part 5: Corporate Sponsors
59:34 – Part 6: The Great Recession
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Dude gansitos rip 🤙
Hell: The Theme Park
I’m from the UK, we had something similar in my town, but for learning French, German or Spanish. It was on a smaller scale, with little shops, cafes and market stalls and they’d just swap the signage and price tags over, depending on what language the class was learning.
29:53. “how much money do you make?”
“$450”
“ And how much have you spent of it?”
“ $550
Welcome to the real world kid !
dude same i was so bitter abt never getting to go to our safety city and my mom is a teacher and the school she works at goes every year 😩
I remember doing the Junior Adventure, as kid in I believe 5th or 6th grade. I honestly don't remember any of it besides being a Bank for Wells Fargo.
Okay, Laresgoiti wasn't even operating in the same country. Is it really worth going after each other if they both use ideas from the concept he came up with? Of course they were going to end up making similar things! They developed it together!
That Rainforest Café exterior at 23:36 is excellent foreshadowing of what they'd end up doing to their own concept.
Me when seeing the intro: is gonna be kidzania
And hearing that is in Centro Santa Fe: that’s we’re I come to shop
Sounds like a Reverse Disneyland to me. I just hope that SAFETY is maintained.
Playing doctor/nurse is great fun and helps kids get over fear of doctor visits. My Aunt, a nurse, gave us a Miss Curity Doll one Christmas, complete with an old medical bag with REAL (but defanged; needle-free hypodermic), rubber hammer, bandages, a real stethescope (broken and soundless), an arm sling and some "antiseptic" bottles filled with water and food color. The next year we got a plastic "microscope" with hand drawn bacteria taped over plastic slices. 68 years later, I still remember! There were 3 of us girls. 1 became a nurse, another a hospital dietician, and 1 a minister.
but introduce ANYTHING that could actually work would be a nightmare.
Imagine being a little kid being called into the little kid manager office and they tell you they gotta let you go ~_~
I wanna get drunk and pretend to be a giant 🥺
Okay, the story of two friends chasing their dream job and then becoming bitter enemies is a bummer, but "get drunk and pretend to be giants" lifted my spirits enough for the next crushing blow to land that much harder.
Also reminds me of the OG children's museum I grew up with. They got a major overhaul, but I'll always love the low-budget indoor playground with a little TV news station and a big carpeted dump truck you could pretend to drive/climb and get vertigo. It was a similar concept; a bunch of job-adjacent play areas jumbled together, plus a "cave tour" to crawl through.
Im listening to this while high (and doing other shit on my phone) and y'all tuning back in around 19:30–19:39 with no context was weirdddd
Child labor with extra steps
EXCHANGE CITY MENTIONED
Yes, I remember going to this place when I visited family in Mexico City. Great work in the research
It’s a shame that they started off with wanting to create a unique experience for children that is educational but it turned into a story of creed.
I went to something like this for an elementary school field trip and got stuck with the role of fast-food worker. I didn't make enough of the fake money to spend it on anything cool, spent most of my time giving classmates fruitsnacks, and had terrible stomach issues the entire time. it's a core memory for me.
I went to Exchange City and didn't remember until you mentioned it!! Also! My school sent kids to Space Camp until IT WAS MY GRADE'S TURN TO GO SO I DIDN'T GO AND THE YEAR AFTER ME GOT TO GO. No big deal but I thought I'd mention it!
If the kids kidnapped were napping, would it be reported as a kid kid napping kidnapping? 😉
What a terrible idea.
Damn, Kidzania has grown so much… I still remember going to La Ciudad de los Niños a child and later on wondering why it changed its name to Kidzania. Fun fact: Most adults still call Kidzania "La Ciudad de los Niños" here in Mexico despite many years have gone by since the name change.
Note: "Grupo Mágico" is pronounced Ma (as in magic, mascot or Mars) hi (as in Himalayas, history or him) co (as in company or Colorado), throughout the video it sounded like "Grupo México", a huge company here in Mexico mostly known for its owner's reputation (second richest person in Mexico), and their mines' accidents.
The Chalkboard gag was hilarious. Having the entire video up until the point being played completely straight and then transitioning to the chalk board is just. Perfect.
42:31
"Kids want to be adults and adults want to be kids" this was too deep
Banger of a video, I remember going to kidzania in Mexico City when I was little.