[JohnFen]

Do they? Excepting for New York and "last mile" pedestrians, I haven't noticed that tendency much.

Although I also haven't been to any major cities in the southeast, so can't speak to them, and I haven't done any studies, so my impression could very well be mistaken.

Big cities I've been to in Europe, though, tend to have a lot of pedestrians and bicyclists.

[dysfunction]

SF proper is more like New York in that respect, it's much more dense and walkable than the average US city. The other bay area cities not so much.