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You should think of Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam. Beautiful places with most buildings at about 8 stories high with large bike ridership and good public tran
by woolvalley 8y ago
You should think of Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam. Beautiful places with most buildings at about 8 stories high with large bike ridership and good public transit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#Population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#Population_density
Not manhattan.
Like look at this random spot in barcelona:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3974472,2.1586211,3a,60y,125.94h,98.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4qRTLR2hY2_YjlaImKh_4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3974472,2.1586211,3a,60y,125...
- schoen 8y agoHuh, that reminds me a lot of Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon (roughly the same building height and streetcape, although the Barcelona buildings are prettier).
- eecc 8y agoWell Barcelona has been developing under the Cerdà plan since mid 1850. That's I think the issue: won't the average American clamor against "cUmmUnism" one minute after he's told his grotesquely styled McMansion is not allowed?