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1. rambambram · 1790275177 · focus · HN ↗

   I had to click this title!

   For some months now I do basically the same, but without the clicking in Streetview. There are some channels on Youtube where someone walks through neighborhoods in Tokyo, I found I really enjoy these. The streets are so clean and the houses so beautiful. Indeed, once in a while a Japanese sports car pops up around a corner, just standing there on somebody's driveway.

   I also enjoy the walk-throughs of neighborhoods in New York (edit: now that I think about it, this started with following ari@home, a streamer who makes electronic music on the fly while walking and having an open mic). I tried Dallas once, I guess, but it was all way too big and bulky (but it was down town I guess, so that's to be expected of a lot of cities on this planet).

   Does anybody have ideas for other nice spots on this beautiful planet!? I think I know Tokyo by now. ;)

   1. tasoeur · 1790279159 · focus · HN ↗

      Hello fellow flâneur! Though you won’t get the same level of safety, I definitely recommend Paris as a destination to walk around. The city feels like a museum and you can end up finding all sort of random monuments and beautiful architecture along the way. Also some cool street art. Obviously use common sense and you’ll be fine.

      PS: I did Tokyo quite a lot, Shanghai too, though you usually need to take the metro at some point. San Francisco is also great if you don’t mind the hills (and also use common sense).

      1. rambambram · 1790284136 · focus · HN ↗

         You're talking about digital walking, or real walking? I real-walked in Paris by night (around Moulin Rouge) and it was definitely a memorable evening. Taking a boat trip by day was also museum-like.

         1. WhyComboNadir · 1790308971 · focus · HN ↗

            I agree, Paris is wonderful for either in-person or virtual walks. Most cities have large pockets of uninteresting zones, but Paris rarely has that. In the dozens of times I've been to Paris in my life, I have usually found a whole new cool small street that is often just 20 meters off a more trodden street. My obvious technique is to pick two points in the city and try to walk as direct as possible between them, forcing myself down side streets instead of walking down some grand boulevard for an hour. -- as I walk I'll put a star in my Google Map on anything interesting that I find so next time I'm in the area I can see that it is around the corner.

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