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Tokyo is an example of incrementalism making a beautiful resilient city, while still maintaining safety standards.

Tokyo burned to the ground 80 years ago and got to be rebuilt from scratch then.

Kind of orthogonal to the point. It isn't a planned city in the same way that Paris is a planned city.

Also, most of the worst parts of American development have happened since 1945.

Tokyo also has 3 million cars, so walkable/transit city and car free aren’t the same.