[xhruso00]

There are more non-walk friendly cities like Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok. KL - everything is walled private property and one can't use shortcuts throughout buildings like I am used in Europe. In Bangkok it's those "sois" which stems from main roads which are not interwoven. To go 100m from soi 48 to soi 49 I have to go back to main road which can be total walking distance of 1-1.5km. PS: I love those cities for everything else.

[seanmcdirmid]

It’s not just the complexes, every kind of campus in China is gated, like university campuses. It was a bit of a culture shock for me as a western American, but I’ve also seen this happen in east (Harvard) and some old campuses in Europe.

It does make life for pedestrians difficult.

[tonyedgecombe]

Tourism has taken its toll in European university towns, it would be too disruptive to leave them open. It’s a shame as I would love to attend lectures in Oxford but it’s completely cut off from the public.