If you walk around the city centre you can see that just isn't the case.

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Either way, Facebook is not automatically going to be checking you in as you walk around your city.

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"In warm weather, you can walk around Sioux City and see people wearing the T-shirts all the time, " Bernstein said.

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Being on a freight amplifies your experience of your own mind sort of the way a drug might, or wearing headphones on a walk around the city, except that it's real.

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If you just walk around New York City or any major metropolitan area, people are not shopping.

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"Residents and visitors should be able to walk and cycle around the city centre in a pleasant environment, " added Mr Symonds.

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Kings Park, situated around the green slopes of Mt Eliza, is just a short walk from the city centre and offers great views of the surrounding area and the distant blue hills of the Darling Ranges.

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Also, as the animals walk up and down on the rubbish and spread it around the streets it creates traffic hazards in congested areas of the city.

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