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I was in France for three weeks last month so saw exactly what you're talking about. They also have very narrow streets in villages, and avenues bordered by pla

• masklinn 10y ago
  > They also have very narrow streets in villages, and avenues bordered by plane trees exceptionally close to the road! These are more historical remnants, new codes don't really allow for that but if a village was there at the time people still mostly used horse-drawn carts (which was very common until post-war) they weren't going to tear down all the houses to build the road. It leads to interesting situations e.g. A380 parts heading to the final assembly line near Toulouse go through Levignac, some parts have inches of clearance from the houses.