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> AF (anno ford)

Nice reference to Brave New World, I suppose?

Oh, yes, I actually forgot the original reference. While Ford did not invent the automobile, he can be rightfully to be considered the icon of affordable automobile for the masses and hence a clear demarcation line on the design constraints of inhabited areas.

If so, in my view that’s a feature as most large European cities have wide enough roads for cars and the new neighbourhoods that were designed with cars in mind have never outperformed the old areas, where people actually want to live.

London Canary Wharf being the epitome, where no one wants to live so badly the people that work there will pay more to live further away and suffer the horrible commute to go live in a walkable, older area.

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