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My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps

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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. pjc50 · 1790322434 · focus · HN ↗
  York is good: you can even walk the walls on Google Maps <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nbke1JWAeaWBWiicA" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nbke1JWAeaWBWiicA
  The center around the Minster and the Shambles should also be good. I know it in person but not through the maps.
  Most European "old town" centers should be interesting. Look for the dense bit of pedestrian streets that's impassable to road traffic.

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