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> In the future, when you're old and quite possibly disabled, you might rethink the whole "walkable cities" thing. I am disabled, and like many other disabled
by david-gpu 2y ago
> In the future, when you're old and quite possibly disabled, you might rethink the whole "walkable cities" thing.
I am disabled, and like many other disabled people, I can't drive a car. Often times as people age they also lose the ability to drive a car safely.
That is precisely why walkable neighborhoods are so important to old and disabled people.
- Turing_Machine 2y ago[flagged]
- david-gpu 2y ago> WAY more old people can still drive than can walk a mile round trip carrying bags of groceries Groceries are not a mile away when you live in a walkable neighborhood. My grandparents could easily walk to the corner store to buy their daily groceries until they passed away. Chances are that walking a little every day for their whole lives helped them stay in better shape. > I mean, if y'all like "walkable cities" so much, why not just move to one The few walkable neighborhoods where I live are, unsurprisingly, highly desirable and thus unaffordable. In my forties I don't feel like immigrating yet again to another country. > But no, everyone else has to conform to what you think is best The immense majority of the large metropolitan area where I live only allows single family homes to be built. I would like walkable neighborhoods to be made legal again so that offer can meet the existing demand. Don't you worry, car-dependent suburbs are not at any risk of disappearing in North America.