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Also a huge number of people in the US travel to places that are walkable:

  • Disney World
  • Las Vegas (The strip is anyway)
  • DC
  • NYC
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I do agree with you this would be a very sensible and effective solution. I also was disappointed that seemingly no thought was put into integration of solar / shade plants.

However I do want to stress the importance of having access to a broad view of the horizon and sky.

That said they totally could have made little pockets with this lattice and 10x'd the environment on the passageways and generate power/food.