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re: This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about...

Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:26 pm to
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
11889 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:26 pm to
I would like to be able to walk from my house to get groceries and a pizza instead of having to drive.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9346 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:27 pm to
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I'd rather be able to walk through both. You people are just scared of everything.

Absolutely nothing is stopping you from walking through the hood every single day. Just park your car and start walking around at night for a few hours to get some fresh air. Are you scared or something?
Posted by Flashback
reading the chicken bones
Member since Apr 2008
8315 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:27 pm to
Burn calories not gas. Save the earth.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32565 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:28 pm to
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What's funny is the "walkable cities" people are the same ones that hate chain stores, restaurants, etc... but if everything had to be within walking distance for people without vehicles, then there would have to be even MORE of those places.

What kinda drugs are you smoking? I lived Uptown New Orleans for years and it is not inundated with chains. Sure, there are some, but a lot fewer than you see in urban sprawl cities

ETA: I was also able to walk to bars, restaurants, grocery stores, parks, etc... I would go weeks without driving my vehicle. If I wanted to go to the WHD I would usually just hop on my bike.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 12:31 pm
Posted by keakdasneak
Member since Dec 2006
7137 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:28 pm to
Are you "ok"?
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9346 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:29 pm to
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I would like to be able to walk from my house to get groceries and a pizza instead of having to drive.

I have places two blocks from my house that I order food from. Why would I walk it when I can drive it? What's the advantage of walking in the cold or rain when I can be in a warm seat? What's the advantage of taking longer to get home so that the food is colder before I eat it?
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
52836 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:31 pm to
How fat are you?
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32565 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:31 pm to
quote:

I have places two blocks from my house that I order food from. Why would I walk it when I can drive it?

Tell me you are fat without telling me you are fat
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69137 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:33 pm to
Boston Is the most walkable city
Posted by keakdasneak
Member since Dec 2006
7137 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:33 pm to
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I have places two blocks from my house that I order food from. Why would I walk it when I can drive it? What's the advantage of walking in the cold or rain when I can be in a warm seat? What's the advantage of taking longer to get home so that the food is colder before I eat it?



We get it. If you had to walk, you couldn't have your truck as your personality.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9346 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:34 pm to
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We get it. If you had to walk, you couldn't have your truck as your personality

Isn't this really more about your pronouns in your signature / pees sitting down personality?
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67140 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:35 pm to
Walkable neighborhoods are great so long as you don’t want a back yard, the area has relatively low crime, and the weather is tolerable. That’s why people vacation in walkable locations.

There are nice walkable neighborhoods in New Orleans, but the weather and crime are awful.

Let me put it this way, I didn’t move out because I disliked how walkable it was.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 12:36 pm
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
36311 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:35 pm to
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Absolutely nothing is stopping you from walking through the hood every single day. Just park your car and start walking around at night for a few hours to get some fresh air. Are you scared or something?


See what I'm saying. Just invent a scenario in your head and then suggest other people should be scared. FWIW, where I live, I walk and bike home on the daily. I walked anywhere I could when I resided in NO. Not sure what your point is here, other than you are scared of walking at night.
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
36311 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:36 pm to
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I have places two blocks from my house that I order food from. Why would I walk it when I can drive it? What's the advantage of walking in the cold or rain when I can be in a warm seat? What's the advantage of taking longer to get home so that the food is colder before I eat it


Oh, you are a great big fat person
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9346 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:37 pm to
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Not sure what your point is here, other than you are scared of walking at night.

My point is that most normal people wouldn't want to walk up and down Canal street at night.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26595 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:40 pm to
Live look at anyone who makes the mistake of thinking Baton Rouge is a walkable city:

Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9346 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:40 pm to
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Oh, you are a great big fat person

Are you body shaming? Would you say that to Lizzo?
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95692 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

walkable cities

quote:

LA,
Might be the least walkable city there is

San Fran
Chicago
NYC

Class of their own for walkable cities in America
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 12:42 pm
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36089 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:41 pm to
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I see people walk or jog almost every time I drive around town


Depends on how heavy what they are stealing is, amirite?
Posted by RT1980
Member since Sep 2020
183 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:42 pm to
I live in Mid City BR and walk and bike everywhere around here all the way to LSU campus. Are there better cities for it? Sure but take advantage of what you got
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