> 2-3 story buildings (brownstones) IMO if it's less than 3 stories I wouldn't call it a brownstone. I guess park slope has some shorties but those are weird o

> 2-3 story buildings (brownstones) IMO if it's less than 3 stories I wouldn't call it a brownstone. I guess park slope has some shorties but those are weird outliers. > it is not car hostile either Car hostility is a feature not a bug. Even at smaller scales. Brooklyn suffers from the Els that were removed in the 1970s and never replaced, btw. > hills make it a bit hard to create the european feel. I feels a hellavalot like Lisbon, actually. Hills and coastline are great for forcing us foolish humans to use land efficiently. (My theory is that hills actually helped, not hurt, economic growth in Japan, Korea, and somewhat Taiwan in the end. It's like the opposite of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse curse.) I bet it helped California too, and would help more if it weren't for the Central valley release valve. Eternal shame upon Seattle for leveling hills!