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bofadeezlast Sunday at 10:37 PM1 replyview on HN

Time traveler: "No, in 120 years we won't have moving sidewalks almost anywhere"

Tech enthusiasts: "Oh what a luddite, didn't you see the demo? This is the future!"


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cogman10last Sunday at 11:05 PM

Cars really messed a lot of that up.

In the 1900s every city was walkable. Most cities had trains of some sort for the majority of transport and bikes or horses for the last mile.

It really makes me sad to see even old cartoons showing off the tram systems of the day. Those all got pulled up for "progress" thrusting us all backwards into bumper to bumper traffic.

Whats incredible is that happened almost immediately after expansion of personal vehicles.

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