Cities are designed for a mythical average person – super-mobile, without dependants or disabilities but with a cast-iron bladder.

"Cities are designed for a mythical average person – super-mobile, without dependants or disabilities but with a cast-iron bladder. This person is more likely to be young than old. And yet by 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities and, in high-income societies, a quarter of them will be over the age of 60."

see Guardian article by Anne Karpf at  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/15/age-friendly-cities-design-future

 She reckons Manchester and Lyons are exemplary in terms of 'elder friendly' design, is this true?