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> What a pity so few in the Western world can experience the delights of their own self-locomotion being sufficient to their daily needs ..

Most countries do indeed have cities and high-population areas that support this, and many folks do experience it.

I lived that life for ~15 years, and it was truly great at the time. Turns out I started disliking the sheer density, and prefer to be slightly more self sufficient.

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I found living in London for a short while feels like a prison of sorts.( It is amazing of course. Not knocking the place over all!) But it is a subtle effect but the lack of walking through a field every now and then (not a over populated park!) and seeing a horizon is something I missed deeply in the subconscious.

Some cities especially near the ocean or just less dense etc. are not as encaging.

Also walking everywhere is good and bad. Getting a lot of shopping home a car is much better at. Maybe one of those cargo bikes had I know of its existence would have done the trick! But walking for everything can be tiring. Depends on your health level.

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