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		refurb on Aug 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Texas interchanges so tall? Most of the US is undeveloped in terms of highways and suburbs. Whats the point of having all that room if you’re going to trap yourself in a small apartment tower?

rangestransform on Aug 21, 2024 [–]

There’s a critical mass of population density needed to support a vast diversity of specialty businesses. NYC, for example, has the second- or third-best examples of basically every country’s cuisine.

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