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Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes by lazyjones on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:26AM (#21333454)
> I wonder how people survived back in 1438 without the ability to park their car right in front of the shops.

They parked their horse / carriage in front of the shops?

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Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes by magduf on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:51PM (#21336464)
They didn't have carriages in 1438 except maybe for royals.
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Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes by lazyjones on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:56PM (#21337099)
Carts/coaches were pretty common though.
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Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes by magduf on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:11PM (#21338456)
1438 is pretty far back, before the Renaissance. I seriously doubt carts or coaches were "common", as in every commoner owning one. I'm sure they were around, for carrying goods, doing construction, etc., but this is more like how, today, we have dump trucks and utility vehicles, but the number of dump trucks per citizen is very small. It's just not like today's car-based societies (esp. the US) where every person expects to own a car and use it for getting around.
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