You will notice that the densest part of London is not hivelike apartment towers, but MANY SMALL BUILDINGS CLOSE TOGETHER Very important lesson here!https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/975530661816578049 …
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Cities are obviously much older than the 1600s--what are the famous parks of Rome or Damascus? Chang'an or Hangzhou? etc etc
oh, sure - don't know, just reached for evidence close at hand. i guess the hanging gardens of babylon are pretty famous, though.
certainly! but I also understand that they were something unusual for their time, not widely imitated
urban density varies because, i'd assume, different parts of the city are built out at different times, under different conditions. undeveloped parts of cities would have been green(ish) by default, but not originally "parkland", technically
ya that's the other thing--when you're building w the expectation that most people will walk, you get a naturally high density and (at least pre-industrial age) still keep the countryside w/in walking distance of the city itself (see: Florence, Siena, etc)
i don't think there was ever an expectation that people would (only) walk. people always had pack and riding animals around. walking is the only alternative now because we don't use animals in cities anymore.
Pack and riding animals were much more expensive to own than cars are now--overwhelming majority of transportation was on foot, unless you're carrying a serious amount of baggage
Or were a patrician or equivalent
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