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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by scruple on Saturday January 01, 2022 @11:06AM (#29759651)
> I live in a US suburb. Can't even get a sandwich or buy milk or see someone without strapping myself into my fucking car. This is no way to live.

Where I live has walkability by accident but the car infrastructure is so massive here, to support as many (probably more, TBH) employees who commute to our area for work as there are people who live here, that it destroys your ability to walk anywhere quickly. The street crossings turn a 10 minute walk, one way, into a half of an hour or longer.

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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by lotsofpulp on Saturday January 01, 2022 @11:26AM (#29759892)
I consider an area unwalkable once an intersection 5 or more lanes wide appears.
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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by throwawayboise on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:20PM (#29761685)
Downtown Copenhagen has many of those....
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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by lotsofpulp on Saturday January 01, 2022 @03:18PM (#29762249)
US lanes are probably much wider, plus driver etiquette is probably lacking in comparison to Copenhagen.
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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by scruple on Saturday January 01, 2022 @09:25PM (#29765116)
Yep, these are 5 lane crossings.
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