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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by ta1234567890 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:17PM (#18020163)
> Sadly, I think this is only easy to accomplish in mid-sized densely-populated cities (<= 250000 inhabitants), unless there's a lot of planning and investments done.

You are right about the "easy" part, but it can definitely be done. In fact that's what Tokyo feels like, and it's the largest city/metro area in the world, with 38 million residents.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by minikomi on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:45PM (#18020369)
Indeed. I've lived in downtown Tokyo for 8 years without even owning a driver's licence. Walking through the city is one of my favorite pastimes.
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by bentoscher on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @11:47AM (#18025055)
Take a bit of time to walk; Look, wonder, have a talk. There is no journey without the ´jour´; All should at least once be a flaneur.
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by minikomi on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @11:44PM (#18029604)
An original poem? Lovely :)
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by bentoscher on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:10PM (#18035096)
Yea, its original. Thanks. Ive been a long time lurker here on HN, and thought i might contribute by putting my on topic thoughts into rhyme.
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by etatoby on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @11:30PM (#18029559)
I moved here 2.5 months ago and I'm so glad I did. It's a huge metropolis where one can comfortably live without owning a car. On top of that, it has one of the lowest crime rates among the world's big cities:

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_current.jsp

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by lovemenot on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:55AM (#18022566)
Sure, but the whole thing depends on there being world-class public transportation. Fortunately, Tokyo has that.
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