• No parking

  • Single-stair buildings

  • A street width most fire departments wouldn’t allow

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    It would be illegal to build anywhere in Europe today as well. This is medieval street. Modern stuff isn’t built to be cozy. Even 19th century avenues were planned in a way that you could charge with calvary at the unruly masses.

    That said, modern developments often do have nice outdoors as well but its usually more in the open.

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      But unlike in America, it still wouldn’t be legal to drive through and run those people over.

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        although i have never been to the usa, i am fairly certain that, despite its flaws, it is illegal to run people over with a car over there. Probably anywhere on earth

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          Since the BLM protests some states have made laws that allow motorists to run over anyone if they are not legally crossing and are blocking them (i.e. protestors but really it means anyone in a road or street who might be inconveniencing a right-winger in their car).

          Have you ever heard of castle doctrine? It’s like that but with a car instead of a gun.

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          Depends on your income. Enough wealthy people get away with vehicular manslaughter with a few months of domiciliary arrest, that it is essentially a meme in the US legal system. While a poor person of color would get shot at on the spot by police for knocking on the wrong door. Land of the free…etc.

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            Yeah even without the BLM Death Race laws, hardly anyone ever goes to jail for killing/injuring people with their car. Hell even people who kill others while under the influence very often won’t get charged with vehicular homicide.

            Remember that little “Afluenza” twerp from about 10 years ago who got a slap on the wrist after killing a bunch of people while driving drunk? The judge ruled “He’s rich and therefore it’s in his nature (“Afluenza”) to do stuff like that, so he can’t be held criminally liable.”