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by waveBidder 491 days ago
Tokyo is an example of incrementalism making a beautiful resilient city, while still maintaining safety standards.
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Tokyo burned to the ground 80 years ago and got to be rebuilt from scratch then.
Kind of orthogonal to the point. It isn't a planned city in the same way that Paris is a planned city.

Also, most of the worst parts of American development have happened since 1945.

Tokyo also has 3 million cars, so walkable/transit city and car free aren’t the same.