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That's a very good idea, until you realize how specialized the modern city is. How many people does a single supermarket serve? How many a bakery, dentist, bicy

That's a very good idea, until you realize how specialized the modern city is. How many people does a single supermarket serve? How many a bakery, dentist, bicycle shop, etc.? Walkable means about 2-3km away, and that's not as the crow flies. If you really want that kind of city, you end up with something pretty dense. Personally I would prefer a tad more space.

DoreenMichele 6y ago
I live in a small town. America used to have a lot of thriving small towns with lively downtown areas. I am interested in seeing more support for that sort of thing. Not everyone lives in the big city. Not everyone needs to. Even within the big city, there is lots of room for improvement. And making it possible for more people to run some of their errands on foot doesn't mean "You aren't allowed to leave this 5 square kilometer area and can never drive or use public transit." It just means some of the things you do normally can be reached on foot (for a greater percentage of people than is true currently).
- choeger 6y ago
  I should have mentioned that I live in europe. By US standards, our cities are extremely walkable. That being said, I have three super markets that I regularly buy from. Two of them are in walkable distance (when carrying few groceries). For the third, cheapest, I have to use either a car or a cargo bike.
culopatin 6y ago
If you start adding up how much of that space between you and your destination is parking lot space and not a building/home, you'll realize that you could still have some space in your home but have a business area that is not 70% asphalt with white lines.
- choeger 6y ago
  There is no parking space between me and my usual targets that can easily be removed. The little parking space there is is part of the roads and removing it would consequently move the buildings far closer together, by about 2m out of 10m to 15m, I guess. I don't want to have the building on the other side of the road be 10-20% closer, I like my sunlight and some privacy.

DoreenMichele 6y ago

I live in a small town. America used to have a lot of thriving small towns with lively downtown areas. I am interested in seeing more support for that sort of thing. Not everyone lives in the big city. Not everyone needs to. Even within the big city, there is lots of room for improvement. And making it possible for more people to run some of their errands on foot doesn't mean "You aren't allowed to leave this 5 square kilometer area and can never drive or use public transit." It just means some of the things you do normally can be reached on foot (for a greater percentage of people than is true currently).

choeger 6y ago
I should have mentioned that I live in europe. By US standards, our cities are extremely walkable. That being said, I have three super markets that I regularly buy from. Two of them are in walkable distance (when carrying few groceries). For the third, cheapest, I have to use either a car or a cargo bike.

culopatin 6y ago

If you start adding up how much of that space between you and your destination is parking lot space and not a building/home, you'll realize that you could still have some space in your home but have a business area that is not 70% asphalt with white lines.

choeger 6y ago
There is no parking space between me and my usual targets that can easily be removed. The little parking space there is is part of the roads and removing it would consequently move the buildings far closer together, by about 2m out of 10m to 15m, I guess. I don't want to have the building on the other side of the road be 10-20% closer, I like my sunlight and some privacy.