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>I also don't buy that Americans don't want to live in walkable and bikable places either The problem is that the walkable / bikable places are so few and far
by goostavos 3y ago
>I also don't buy that Americans don't want to live in walkable and bikable places either
The problem is that the walkable / bikable places are so few and far between that they're gobsmackingly expensive. Even on a FANG salary, getting a reasonable place in one of the few walkable neighborhoods is beyond what I'm willing to pay these days.
If you want more than 900sqft for your family, trading a 15min walk for a 25min drive just makes so much more sense with how American cities are laid out and how much competition there is over the desirable places.
- swexbe 3y agoThat’s on the failures of public planning. Nothing inherently makes walkable places more expensive.
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2023/04/07/car-free-cities/ https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2023/04/07/car-free-cities/ https://culdesac.com/about https://culdesac.com/about There are efforts being made, it will just take time. Can’t move almost a century of car centric public policy on a dime. Vote with your dollars and feet.
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoWalkable neighborhoods are expensive precisely because so many people want to live in them and because we have mostly outlawed building them. The fix is simple: just get rid out the laws that prevent them from being built.