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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by woolvalley on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:10PM (#16944356)
You should think of Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam. Beautiful places with most buildings at about 8 stories high with large bike ridership and good public transit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona#Population_density

Not manhattan.

Like look at this random spot in barcelona: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3974472,2.1586211,3a,60y,125...

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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by eecc on Sunday April 29, 2018 @05:35AM (#16951344)
Well Barcelona has been developing under the Cerdà plan since mid 1850. That's I think the issue: won't the average American clamor against "cUmmUnism" one minute after he's told his grotesquely styled McMansion is not allowed?
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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by schoen on Friday April 27, 2018 @06:36PM (#16944982)
Huh, that reminds me a lot of Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon (roughly the same building height and streetcape, although the Barcelona buildings are prettier).
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