[chris08876]

^^^^^

People go outside too. Cafe's filled both inside and out. Restaurants with people eating outside. The compactness of it all means plazas and small parks are full of folks. I've noticed that the street life factor is poppin' in European cities. Sadly, the suburbs and the distant nature has separated things like restaurants or movie theaters or parks. The car centric nature of it really does a number on street activity.

Now if we are talking traffic, thats what U.S. cities are good for.

Daytime population wise, office parks and suburban work places have again done a number on the figures for cores. Many people in theory never have to set foot in a city. They can live, play, work all in the burbs.