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Originally Posted by hipster duck
but that was because the whole city had a bit of a low intensity urban buzz over a vast distance that kept me wanting to prod on, whereas if the city were any less dense or interesting, like a Houston or a typical North American suburb, there would be next to no point.
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LA is really just at that threshold, isn't it?
There are a lot of problems with the model, but after nearly a decade of full-on Euro streetwall urbanism, I can really appreciate that hybrid approach when I am in it.
Something like Fountain Avenue in LA, which is a little like a more lush, warm-climate version of Monkland in NDG, really hits the spot in terms of relaxed urbanism.