one of my chief problems w the car dependence thing is that you only can use ONE mode of travel no matter what kind of trip you're making (and God help u if u don't have a car); I don't want to repeat the mistake with another mode (except--MAYBE--walking)
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Replying to @380kmh
this might be pretty out there but maybe car congestion has made things like subways and buses less accessible & less efficient to the point that if you take cars out of the equation, transit services are able to actually adapt and become able to fulfill the same needs as cars.
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Replying to @TomGMS
to an extent...but only because we're talking about NYC, I wouldn't say the same for somewhere like Tokyo
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Replying to @380kmh
yeah please take everything I say with the "I've only seen NYC and DC" pill lol. I'm curious though: which do you prefer: the kind of tighter, more packed NYC style of city or a more open, less vertical, sprawling kind?
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Replying to @TomGMS
There are few if any cities like NYC out there--it doesn't really work as a "type" since it's too unusual. What I like is cities with buildings a lot closer together than they are in NYC, but also a lot smaller than they are in NYC.
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Hong Kong is probably the most similar in terms of "tons of tall buildings" but theirs have much smaller footprints and narrower streets between them
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hong kong's urban setup with seattle weather would be paradise itself
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probably true; here's HK and NY side by side at roughly the same scalepic.twitter.com/ROWg81e4BE
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moving away from downtowns--you can see (kinda) what I mean about building proximity here, comparing Tokyo's Shimokitazawa neighborhood with part of Queenspic.twitter.com/ghezovjbZj
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i have high hopes of finally getting to Japan this year: your pictures and commentary are inspiring
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if you make it by late Oct/early Nov, I'll be around
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