> But in the alternate world where we didn't design for cars first, you'd be more used to other forms of transit, and a lot of things would be closer together.

> But in the alternate world where we didn't design for cars first, you'd be more used to other forms of transit, and a lot of things would be closer together. That was the second alternate universe scenario. You can make different tradeoffs, and that's one of them. I for one, would not prefer either of the alternate-universe tradeoffs I mentioned, and I know I'm not alone or even unusual in that preference.