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Originally Posted by driveway
One thing that has a major impact on this is that all of the cities you've named (with the exception of New York) are in far more temperate climate zones which contributes to a much greater 'street culture' - more people walk the streets, period. There are more areas of the city where retail and food outlets allow for people to congregate in numbers and engage in social activities. And New York, for obvious reasons, has some of the greatest street culture in the world.
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The biggest reason being these cities have a significant police presence and have much harsher punishments for people that don't abide by the rules.