> they just require high technology to get to

mmm, they just create 3000 lbs of toxic waste per EV-traction-motor built.

It's not that high tech, it's just toxic.

> 1840s, Paris was completely rebuilt following its destruction in the Franco Prussian War. London widened some of their main streets throughout the 1800s

Last I checked those dates were all well before WWII that I'd asked about.

> Large portions of those cities were either partially or completely destroyed by wars in the last 150 years and thus were rebuilt all at once allowing for better planning

Are you claiming that after WWII London, Vienna, Paris, and Stuttgart widened their streets or changed the map?

> Would it kill them to let us go to the polls all week?

No, but different people might get elected.

> This city is old. The only way it could ever be pedestrian friendly is to literally tear out everything and start over

Older than Stuttgart? Vienna? Paris? London?

Yup, for some reason there's a mental weirdness about perceived distances. I was ~50 miles closer in Detroit than I would've been had I moved to Philadelphia.

'most people' driving to Michigan are driving to the Detroit area. It was 280 miles from my parent's house in Moon to my house near Detroit.

It's around 700 miles from Moon to Maine (Portland).

> 12 hours is definitely far away. Especially compared when we’re comparing to the 6-7 hours to Michigan.

I'd make it in under four from my home in Dearborn to my parent's house in Moon.

slightly less of a disaster.