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We found this even within Canada. We were in Southern Ontario where its car centric and planners and developers just built roads and homes by pulling all the trees out and putting grass in. We often drove down to a coffee shop a few blocks away because the walk was dull.
Moved to Vancouver area and there is a transit system, and walkable cities. While its not like the endless plaza shown in the video, being able to walk everywhere and with beautifully landscaped areas (not to mention the natural beauty) gets us outdoors and enjoying it.
Vancouver is so awesome in this regard. We live in the west end of TO and it's alright but Vancouver is something else. I feel like Montreal is better as well. We've gone city-vacationing to both a few times now.
Montreal for sure
Yeah, I can walk to everything I need in ten to fifteen minutes. The main boulevard most large boroughs is closed to cars and it's a boon for local business as pedestrians actually stop in on random businesses where motorist do not, it has the added benefit of royally pissing off the car-brains from the cookie-cutter suburbs. Montreal needs to take bigger steps to expand its public transport and its winter culture as it acts like people don't need a walkable city when it starts to snow, but it definitely beats every alternative in North America.
I'm in a small English city and it's the proverbial 15-minute city. It's very walkable (with a few glaring exceptions) and there's very little need to drive. I only keep the car to go on European road trips and to visit country pubs where the buses don't run often enough.
Vancouver's definitely nice, though affordability is a major problem.