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I'd bet anything that your wife's small town in Italy was mostly settled and developed before cars, in a time when being able to get around town by foot (or by
by InitialLastName 8y ago
I'd bet anything that your wife's small town in Italy was mostly settled and developed before cars, in a time when being able to get around town by foot (or by horse, at the fastest) was important.
- jaredklewis 8y agoObviously. But it still seems optimal to build cities this way today, and it is surprising we don’t. With modern levels of obesity and pollution, why don’t we want walkable cities?
- InitialLastName 8y agoThe (mostly American, mostly late 19th- mid-20th century) cities at issue were largely developed by people with cars in mind, before obesity and pollution were known issues. There's a lot of inertia to that kind of design.