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Rod Speed wrote:
I do realise being a colonial you will not have any idea what
history is, but round here all the pubs and most of the houses
were built long before driving everywhere became the norm
- and indeed before the motor car was invented...

Irrelevant to how many of them are still pubs and are
still within walking distance of where people now live.

You still don't have a clue about UK urban living. Many older town pubs
don't even have car parks. So you might spend longer looking for somewhere
to park than to just walk there.

I had three local pubs once all within easy walking distance. Only one
left.

It's got pretty well nothing to do with smoking or driving.

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