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Why not?
If people didn't want to live that close together, why was the village built?
Sienna was walled in at a time and place when roaming gangs of thugs could, and would, variously murder you everywhere outside the city walls.
Pretty good reason to want to get really cozy with your neighbors. Might be a good time to revisit the concept in some places.
The village was settled back when global population was less than 2% of what it is now. There was probably a whole lot more space per resident back then. Not saying the interchange is a good use of space, obviously, but there's certainly a happier medium than packing 30k people in the same size area.
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