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Re:America does not have a good food culture by graeme on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:52AM (#37723047)
Come to Montreal. We have a pedestrian culture, with supermarkets but also tons of small shops.

People like both. But when you have enough cars and lose the density you lose the small shops.

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Re:America does not have a good food culture by ekianjo on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:01AM (#37723125)
Never said you cant have both at the same time. But supermarkets clearly win on convenience.
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Re:America does not have a good food culture by mardifoufs on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:15AM (#37725637)
Just like most us cities too. I love Montreal but it's not more pedestrian than say, NYC. Shutting down 2-3 streets in the summer is basically the biggest difference.
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Re:America does not have a good food culture by graeme on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:51PM (#37731243)
NYC is the exception in American cities. What other examples in America are comparable to Montreal/NYC? In terms of just having entire swaths of the city be walkable with lots of small shops.
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Re:America does not have a good food culture by mardifoufs on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:04PM (#37731360)
I mean Montreal is the exception in Quebec too, but I get your point. I think north america in general is just not very walkable. Even cities like Quebec City (very walkable old city) only have a very small area that I would consider walkable. Another example here in Quebec would be Laval, which is very close and well connected to Montreal yet still almost always requires a car to get by outside of rush hour.
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