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Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:04 pm to Smeg
When I lived on magazine street I would walk everywhere I could. If I could ride a bike to work I would have.
The idea of it is great, just not feasible for most people.
The idea of it is great, just not feasible for most people.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:05 pm to Smeg
quote:tell me you're a mouthbreather without telling me you're a mouthbreather
This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about... by Smeg
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:06 pm to kingbob
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I think the suburban issues are mostly zoning related. We need interconnected streets, smaller residential lots, smaller parking lots, and more light commercial near residential areas. Instead, we get single entry subdivisions where the streets don’t connect and the nearest grocery store is a 7 minute drive despite being much much geographically closer.
I think some places are trying to create more "traditional neighborhoods" with a mix of residential and shopping. River Ranch in Lafayette, for instance. I just wish they'd mix in more businesses throughout the neighborhood.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:07 pm to glassman
quote:Tell us you live on/near Magazine Street without telling us that you live on/near Magazine Sreet.
I can walk in less than 90 seconds to the following: Two bakeries, 4 restaurants, a wine store, 2 places to get a haircut, 2 gyms, a grocery store, a frozen yogurt place, an ice cream parlor, a dry cleaners, neighborhood bar, yoga studio, nail salon, 3 bank branches, a CVS and a library.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:08 pm to Smeg
Unless a city has above or below street level transit systems that avoid car traffic, it’s impossible for said city to truly be walkable. The best you can hope to accomplish is to make areas of the city walkable. But that’s a goal worth pursuing, in and of itself, in my opinion.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:08 pm to kingbob
Older established neighborhoods are where it's at.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:09 pm to Tigeralum2008
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when I think of walkable cities I think of larger metros like NYC, LA, London and such
You think of LA when you think walkable cities?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:09 pm to soccerfüt
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Tell us you live on/near Magazine Street without telling us that you live on/near Magazine Sreet.
He's talking near Prytania boi
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:09 pm to kingbob
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It’s either 90 degrees and broiling, 80 degrees and raining, or 40 degrees and sleeting
South Louisiana weather is miserable outside of October and April.
Well, good urban planning can mitigate some of that. But we lost that skill after we decided to build American cities in general exclusively around the car, which was a poor choice.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:11 pm to soccerfüt
Prytania.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:12 pm to glassman
quote:now do ur options when you were kicked out the house and sleeping on a cot in back of the office in River Ridge?
Weather? Crime isn't horrible where I live. It's there,but there's crime everywhere. I can walk in less than 90 seconds to the following: Two bakeries, 4 restaurants, a wine store, 2 places to get a haircut, 2 gyms, a grocery store, a frozen yogurt place, an ice cream parlor, a dry cleaners, neighborhood bar, yoga studio, nail salon, 3 bank branches, a CVS and a library.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:18 pm to yellowfin
LA may be the worse
NYC
SF
Boston
Philly
Oakland
Seattle
Chicago
Baltimore
NYC
SF
Boston
Philly
Oakland
Seattle
Chicago
Baltimore
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:19 pm to glassman
Close enough.
Small pockets of NOLA in general.
I’ve got kinfolk near the P Theater.
Nice hood.
Small pockets of NOLA in general.
I’ve got kinfolk near the P Theater.
Nice hood.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:20 pm to Smeg
living in a walkable city is great.
neither of those cities is remotely close to a walkable city.
neither of those cities is remotely close to a walkable city.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:28 pm to Smeg
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Smeg
Stop being fat.
Walkable cities are better by every metric. The American car culture brain rot is annoying.
We would be happier and healthier as a populous if more areas were walkable and cars where banned. We need more third places and the absurd amount of space that car infrastructure takes up robs our cities of these spaces.
No more lanes, bro. More trains and bike lanes.
YouTube - Not Just Bikes - Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking Spaces
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:30 pm to caro81
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living in a walkable city is great.
neither of those cities is remotely close to a walkable city.
You don't think New Orleans is a walkable city?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:30 pm to jclem11
For as spread out as some of America is cars are the only solution.
People seem to understimate how much of their life they live in their cars, especially when it is critical to where they live.
The American dream is to not live as dense as European cities. Just different cultures.
People seem to understimate how much of their life they live in their cars, especially when it is critical to where they live.
The American dream is to not live as dense as European cities. Just different cultures.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:33 pm to kingbob
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smaller parking lots,
Ban parking minimums.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:41 pm to fightin tigers
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For as spread out as some of America is cars are the only solution.
In urban areas, you can absolutely make the areas walkable. More mixed use neighborhoods with no parking minimums and good public transportation.
The real issue is there is no political will in America to change anything. Americans are too fat and lazy and addicted to cars.
Hell, there are meltdowns when the city adds bike lanes around town.
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People seem to understimate how much of their life they live in their cars, especially when it is critical to where they live.
Yes because of the garbage arse, retarded urban planning of American cities around the car. It's costly in terms of tax dollars to build and maintain and time.
So much of the population wastes hours each day commuting. It is stupid design. There is no debate to be had here. Most American cities are terribly planned and designed due to the car brain rot.
Any attempts to fund or improve public transportation or add rail / bus infrastructure is met with cries of SoCiAlIsM or some other retarded trope by the mouthbreathers.
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