<story><title>Changes in Dutch streets throughout the years (photo album)</title><url>https://imgur.com/a/rffE0Oz</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zachkatz</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d like to contribute a collection of my own: changes in Dutch streets from 2008-ish to today, captured on Google Streetview: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;z_a_c_h_k_a_t_z&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1464697711442206728&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;z_a_c_h_k_a_t_z&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;14646977114422067...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even in the last decade, they&amp;#x27;ve still been hard at work upgrading streets, and even some of them more subtle redesigns are absolutely stunning. Dutch street design is really one of the wonders of the modern world, IMO.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vanderZwan</author><text>There are two things I miss from my home country: hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles), and the utterly amazing bike infrastructure and traffic design in general.</text></comment>
<story><title>Changes in Dutch streets throughout the years (photo album)</title><url>https://imgur.com/a/rffE0Oz</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zachkatz</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d like to contribute a collection of my own: changes in Dutch streets from 2008-ish to today, captured on Google Streetview: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;z_a_c_h_k_a_t_z&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1464697711442206728&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;z_a_c_h_k_a_t_z&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;14646977114422067...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even in the last decade, they&amp;#x27;ve still been hard at work upgrading streets, and even some of them more subtle redesigns are absolutely stunning. Dutch street design is really one of the wonders of the modern world, IMO.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>isoprophlex</author><text>Lovely link! A testimonial to the calming power of bricks over asphalt, bikes over cars and hedges over parking spaces.</text></comment>