Author:  Saitobricks.ca  Posted:  May 3, 2024 12:14  Subject:  Re: Super highway  Viewed:  29 times  Topic:  Off Topic Cancel Reply

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In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:    In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:    […] I definitely enjoyed the human scale of things during my brief time in France (as shown in my avatar) - many U.S. roads seem more for nephilim or Brobdingnagians than regular people. I also thought it was interesting that routiers (rover scouts) were directing traffic - you wouldn't see that in the USA. In some US (and CA) towns, you need a car to cross a ‘street’ (more like ‘square’ or ‘plaza’) On the other hand, small European streets are often a pain for cars (no parking place, easily clogged…). Aaa… the difference it can make when your country is built around a invention

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Re: Super highway - SylvainLS (46)

[...] In some US (and CA) towns, you need a car to cross a ‘street’ (more like ‘square’ or ‘plaza’) :D On the other hand, small European streets are often a [...] (1 month ago, May 3, 2024, to Off Topic)

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Re: Super highway - wildchicken13 (876)

[...] To be fair, before World War II, trains were the dominant form of overland travel in America and cities tended to be small and dense, kind of like European cities. However, [...] (29 days ago, May 9, 2024, to Off Topic)

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