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The grocery store doesn't have to have every customer walk to it for the homes around it to have people walk to it. There are plenty of homes near good shoppin

The grocery store doesn't have to have every customer walk to it for the homes around it to have people walk to it. There are plenty of homes near good shopping, schools and other services. If that's important to you then you can buy a home near them. Having dense housing doesn't mean anything about walkability. After all, you aren't walking to all of the other homes.

afavour 3y ago
> The grocery store doesn't have to have every customer walk to it Depends how much space you’re dedicating to car parking. Once the grocery store has a giant parking lot it’s swallowed up a lot of land that could have been housing. The more the store depends on car traffic the bigger the parking lot. The bigger the parking lot the less housing it’ll have in proximity, the longer everyone will have to walk. A successful walkable neighborhood has to balance allocated space with thought.
- frumper 3y ago
  No, it doesn't really matter. You personally don't need everyone in your neighborhood to walk. Buy a home that is close and you have a walkable home. There are plenty to choose from. Someone lives close to the stores.
  - afavour 3y ago
    > Buy a home that is close and you have a walkable home. That is not a walkable neighborhood. When people are talking about this stuff they're talking about an actual defined concept: https://www.walkscore.com/walkable-neighborhoods.shtml https://www.walkscore.com/walkable-neighborhoods.shtml A home next to a strip mall might be close to a grocery store, it is not a walkable neighborhood.
    - frumper 3y ago
      Do you buy a neighborhood? You need a home that is walkable. Your neighbors will figure out what they need on their own.
      - afavour 3y ago
        That isn’t how neighborhoods work? The entire point of a neighborhood is that it’s a community with shared goals. If everyone wants to work out their own goals they live rurally.
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afavour 3y ago

> The grocery store doesn't have to have every customer walk to it Depends how much space you’re dedicating to car parking. Once the grocery store has a giant parking lot it’s swallowed up a lot of land that could have been housing. The more the store depends on car traffic the bigger the parking lot. The bigger the parking lot the less housing it’ll have in proximity, the longer everyone will have to walk. A successful walkable neighborhood has to balance allocated space with thought.

frumper 3y ago
No, it doesn't really matter. You personally don't need everyone in your neighborhood to walk. Buy a home that is close and you have a walkable home. There are plenty to choose from. Someone lives close to the stores.
- afavour 3y ago
  > Buy a home that is close and you have a walkable home. That is not a walkable neighborhood. When people are talking about this stuff they're talking about an actual defined concept: https://www.walkscore.com/walkable-neighborhoods.shtml https://www.walkscore.com/walkable-neighborhoods.shtml A home next to a strip mall might be close to a grocery store, it is not a walkable neighborhood.
  - frumper 3y ago
    Do you buy a neighborhood? You need a home that is walkable. Your neighbors will figure out what they need on their own.
    - afavour 3y ago
      That isn’t how neighborhoods work? The entire point of a neighborhood is that it’s a community with shared goals. If everyone wants to work out their own goals they live rurally.
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