[waveBidder]

Tokyo is an example of incrementalism making a beautiful resilient city, while still maintaining safety standards.

[margalabargala]

Tokyo burned to the ground 80 years ago and got to be rebuilt from scratch then.

[waveBidder]

Kind of orthogonal to the point. It isn't a planned city in the same way that Paris is a planned city.

Also, most of the worst parts of American development have happened since 1945.

[bombcar]

Tokyo also has 3 million cars, so walkable/transit city and car free aren’t the same.