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Typical Yuropean House (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In Simiane-la-Rotonde, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not the ones developed before cars were invented, which is likely the case of this one.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those are very rare as most villages have been adapted to be accessible for cars. I’m just saying that stating that French villages are carfree is not true, and the average French village definitely shouldn’t be the model for bike and pedestrian friendly urban design.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah sure, it's not like anyone uses their car to get from a to b inside that village, but for everything else people will use a car.

I was passing through another village where I spent holidays as a kid, cabrière d'aigues, all I remembered was the big pétanque square. Seeing it now three quarters of the space is a parking area. I don't know if I just remembered that wrong, but pretty sure there was no parking back then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, the centre. But many places like this are half dead at the core, with car centered suburbs around it and shops in big malls along the roads. The difference with Spain is stark, where the old centres are usually still the actual heart of the village.