• glassware@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People make fun of the “new towns” planned and built by post-war socialist governments in the UK, but I spent some delivering leaflets in Stevenage recently and it’s honestly heaven for pedestrians.

    There are roads for cars, but they all connect to the back of homes. The front of each house leads into a wide pedestrian / cycle path, and the paths connect via tunnels underneath the roads. I would walk hours each day delivering leaflets and never see a car.

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      1 year ago

      That sounds lovely. Usually “post-war” is associated with car-dependent design, but it’s nice to hear about post-war designs are are good, actually.