So much of what makes San Francisco (and Marin) wonderful can be filed under "
New Urbanism," which is quite often the resurrection of old urbanism, before cars took over the universe. Now of course, as a realtor, I have and use a car, but I'm also a pedestrian and cyclist and plant lover, and a big fan of making cities more livable. Cities around the world are revitalizing using
these principles, and San Francisco is definitely on the vanguard.
Today's San Francisco examples:
here and
here.
Copenhagen has been at this for decades.
Marin, while not quite urban, does have concentrated town centers, often surrounded by protected wildlands, more on Marin in another post.
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