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We think that
this is a milestone, or it could be, for the city of Murcia and also for the region of Murcia,
to develop this project, to guide this project.
And we also think that its social,
economic and cultural importance is so high
that it is worthy to dedicate some time to its development.
I think that Murcia deserves to be pioneer in a project like this one in Spain,
because we are already pioneers in the wide web
of Social centres for elderly people
and in the services addressed to them.
My perfect day, 50 years ahead,
would be exactly like yesterday but with 50 years more,
but above all, feeling useful.
This is a complicated question…
30 or 40 years ago…
my days were…
I try now my days to be like they were before, yes.
It doesn’t matter, at this moment,
in this city the age stopped being important.
This is the aim of All Age City.
Its start point is an urban and architectonic project,
but it can’t be only that.
This mark of quality, it is possible
to turn it into a European project,
or to insert it in some other European projects that are already working.
It is important to create a net of standards
in Europe.
With cities in which an older person
can find a provision,
similar provisions of auto-transportability,
or assistance, or specialized residences,
equivalent to those ones that they have in their place of residence.
The possibility to decide, I mean,
that certain situations that have to do with the age,
or that you are not able to decide about,
don’t be a limitation for your capacity of deciding.
I would rather be at home that in a residence,
but you never now.
You keep changing, each day you change your mind.
I mean, the aging has something, a problem.
And it is that it has turned, above all, the term “old age”
into a taboo.
I think that there are many ways to enjoy
the life without a dramatic change
between your life as a young man and your life as an old man.
I like the world of the young people and of the children,
but not the world of the old people.
You are there. We are here, and the project is here.
And I think this
is absolutely extraordinary
and unprecedented.
I wouldn’t have a sedentary life,
devoting myself
to communicate with people through the internet.
I would choose a direct communication, in the streets.
I think that the old age is not for the country
or that the country is not for the old age.
Just the opposite,
urban activity is required;
you have to be able to have a beer,
to meet your friends, or playing pool,
go out for a beer and come back home at three in the morning.
I would like to go out of the city,
to come back to the country
but having the connection with the world
I would go to bed at three in the morning.
I would be wandering about,
living the life and making the most out of my energy.
I would spend the day walking and later,
I would prepare an intimate Japanese dinner,
except for the ending.
I hope it would be travelling
and calling my sons to tell them,
kids, don’t worry about me,
I am all right,
and I have meet a lot of interesting people.
It doesn’t matter right now,
in 50 years or in 130.
Everything that you can do,
it has to be done.
Yes, I hope it to be as fun as now.