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Do they have pedestrians or bicycles in San Francisco?


I am guessing you've never been there. It's like any other big American city in that regard.

On top of that they have a bunch of electric scooters and electric skateboards and such.


> It's like any other big American city in that regard.

If so, then the answer is "largely no".


Huh? Most big American cities have a lot of pedestrians and cyclists.


You can argue how many cyclists and related vehicles there are in the grand scheme of things but there are a fair number of pedestrians at least during the day in (most?) US cities--that are meaningfully cities and not effectively suburbs that have a mayor.


Do they? Excepting for New York and "last mile" pedestrians, I haven't noticed that tendency much.

Although I also haven't been to any major cities in the southeast, so can't speak to them, and I haven't done any studies, so my impression could very well be mistaken.

Big cities I've been to in Europe, though, tend to have a lot of pedestrians and bicyclists.


SF proper is more like New York in that respect, it's much more dense and walkable than the average US city. The other bay area cities not so much.


Most big American cities have no pedestrians and minimal biking.


Source?


I tried walking around sun belt cities. Would not recommend. Just looked at the top 20 american cities by population. I would consider 6 walkable or bikeable. Maybe 7 I've never been to columbus.




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