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The steep street designed by planners who missed the hill

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Because your calves haven't truly burned until you've tried to walk up a thirty-five percent suburban incline. Baldwin Street in Dunedin holds the Guinness Record for the steepest residential street. It was designed on a flat grid by British planners sitting in an office in London who had literally no idea there was a massive hill in the way. They built it anyway, meaning taking out the trash is an extreme sport.

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