Appreciated travel notes like these by thoughtful folks like Jack Cheng

“The streets in every city I’ve visited feel human-scaled, with wide sidewalks and tightly planted street trees. One thing I loathe about Detroit is that even in denser neighborhoods you can’t always find shade to walk in. In Shanghai, vines are also being trained to go up the concrete piers of many elevated freeways, which gives off mild – though not entirely unpleasant – Last of Us vibes.”

Noting also the 🦎solarpunk to last-of-us slippery slope 🐊

Appreciated travel notes like these by thoughtful folks like Jack Cheng

“The streets in every city I’ve visited feel human-scaled, with wide sidewalks and tightly planted street trees. One thing I loathe about Detroit is that even in denser neighborhoods you can’t always find shade to walk in. In Shanghai, vines are also being trained to go up the concrete piers of many elevated freeways, which gives off mild – though not entirely unpleasant – Last of Us vibes.”

Noting also the 🦎solarpunk to last-of-us slippery slope 🐊

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