The city's plan revolves around providing a compact event in the middle of the city, on the shores of Lake Michigan, using many established venues.

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Chicago's plan revolves around providing a compact event in the middle of the city, on the shores of Lake Michigan, using many established venues.

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Corktown, one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, is perhaps the most compact example of Detroit's artistic rebirth.

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It would have to be safe in crash testing, smooth on the highway, maneuverable around town and compact enough to fit into a crowded city garage.

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It may be that Atlanta has already sprawled so far that it can never become a compact, pedestrian-friendly, quasi-European city of the sort American developers increasingly seem to yearn for.

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In this compact, canal-packed city with 400km of bike lanes and paths, the bicycle is the primary mode of transport, so visiting pedestrians need to watch out for cyclists just as much, if not more, than cars.

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The city is laid out on a grid and the part of interest to visitors is compact.

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Boston's compact and relatively flat geography is ideal for cycling, and in the last five years the city has implemented a cutting-edge bike share program, the Hubway, and made major improvements to its cycling infrastructure.

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Manchester City were really difficult to play against because they were very organised and compact waiting for the counter-attack, which they did very well.

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