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re: This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about...
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:21 pm to mattz1122
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:21 pm to mattz1122
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Walkable cities are a threat to are culture.
Nah, its perfect for yur culture. Smash and grab, hit and run. You people love that shite.
Getting a new skateboard for Christmas?
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:22 pm to Smeg
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There's no other way to put it. You people are sick and brainwashed.
Eh, you’re probably the sick one (obese
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:23 pm to Smeg
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You people are sick and brainwashed.
LOL Wut? I am sick and brainwashed for wanting to live in an area where I can walk and ride my bike to places instead of wasting hours of my life and risking death riding around in a stupid car.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:24 pm to jclem11
This board’s vision of utopia is Youngsville.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:27 pm to jclem11
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And by urban areas, I am talking about large metros, not Walker
Right, because all of your beliefs don't apply to all urban areas.
America living as dense as any european city is just a bad idea. And walkable cities need density to work.
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The amount needed to build and maintain the roads is an ignorant use of money as well. ?
No doubt. I think those areas should be taxed accordingly, even though they are woefully undertaxed for their consumption.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:28 pm to jclem11
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LOL Wut? I am sick and brainwashed for (believing) risking death riding around in a stupid car.
Yes. Exactly
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:28 pm to Smeg
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We would be happier... if more areas were walkable and cars where banned. There's no other way to put it. You people are sick and brainwashed.
Anecdotally, Denmark is consistently rated the happiest country on earth, and they are heavily invested in walking and bike paths
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:29 pm to jclem11
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LOL Wut? I am sick and brainwashed for wanting to live in an area where I can walk
No issue there. Its the utopians who think everyone should live in their version of utopia.
Move to a neighborhood that fits your criteria.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:31 pm to AbitaFan08
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Anecdotally, Denmark is consistently rated the happiest country on earth, and they are having invested in walking and bike paths
If you want to walk, carrying heavy bags of groceries back to your place in the hot and humid New Orleans summer, enjoy. I would be happier riding in air condition with the groceries in my trunk.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:31 pm to fightin tigers
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Curious what makes the west side unwalkable to you.
so a fraction of the city being walkable makes a walkable city?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:32 pm to AbitaFan08
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Anecdotally, Denmark is consistently rated the happiest country on earth, and they are having invested in walking and bike paths
Yes I'm 100% positive that's the reason.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:32 pm to caro81
Do you consider New York walkable?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:34 pm to fightin tigers
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Right, because all of your beliefs don't apply to all urban areas.
I think walkable neighborhoods and parts of town can work in any size city.
The amount of money that is spent on roads, sewer, power lines, etc so you can live in bum frick nowhere is heavily subsidized by the folks in the more urban areas.
You can piss and moan but that is just reality.
I just do not understand the hostility towards wanting a city to be designed with pedestrians as the center and not fricking cars.
I have 4 restaurants and a bar that I can and do walk to often. It is so nice to walk out of my house and be to the restaurant in 2 blocks and not have to worry about driving or parking or if I drink too much how I will get home. I can also hop on my bike and jump on the trails and be in downtown in less than 6 miles; it is frickin awesome.
It is much more freedom than being chained to a stupid car.
I have never understand the obsession most people have with cars. They are giant money pits that keep us all poorer under a stupid delusion that we are "freer" because of them.
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No doubt. I think those areas should be taxed accordingly, even though they are woefully undertaxed for their consumption.
Tax the frick of the suburbs bros so they pay their actual fair share for the cost of all the damn roads, sewer, and electrical infrastructure that was build for them to even exist.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:37 pm to jclem11
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just do not understand the hostility towards wanting a city to be designed with pedestrians as the center and not fricking cars.
I don't think anyone has a issue with that.
Taking thw step to banning cars to takeover the infrastructure they funded is a bit much for most people.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:38 pm to jclem11
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It is much more freedom than being chained to a stupid car.
Screw that, a car is freedom.
I live in a walkable area, can hit most restaurants and bars. Its such a minor convenience.
Places that organically grow support walkable areas far better than you urban planners can do.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:38 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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No issue there. Its the utopians who think everyone should live in their version of utopia.
Do you honestly believe the way cities are currently designed is the best and most efficient way?
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Move to a neighborhood that fits your criteria.
I did; we can still do better and make cities better by limiting cars as they are a net drain and waste so much valuable space with all the roads and giant parking lots.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:39 pm to Epic Cajun
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What do you consider walkable then? WHD and Uptown (various areas) are definitely walkable.
Where the vast majority of the city is accessible by foot or public transportation that is reasonable and easy. More than one option for public transportation. Often times being able to completely sustain typically daily living without the need of using those would be ideal. Being able to sustain daily living without owning a personal vehicle would be necessary to be a walkable city.
i will concede that i havent tried this in New Orleans myself. But form everything ive seen, i dont see those qualifiers being possible, or at least without making some serious concessions to your own life that wouldnt make it more hassle than worth.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:41 pm to caro81
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will concede that i havent tried this in New Orleans myself. But form everything ive seen, i dont see those qualifiers being possible,
Will only say that you are wrong. You can sustain in New Orleans without a car. Much easier with a car, but that is true pretty much anywhere, no matter how walkable the city is.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:42 pm to fightin tigers
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I don't think anyone has a issue with that.
Most of this board does though. They are stuck in a cookie cutter house where they cannot walk to anything. It's shitty design and bad zoning laws.
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Taking thw step to banning cars to takeover the infrastructure they funded is a bit much for most people.
LOL....All those power centers and shitty strip malls with giant parking lots are only there because of bad policy known as parking minimums.
Get rid of the parking minimums and you can make better use of the spaces instead having giant islands of concrete everywhere that heats up the area and leads to more flooding problems.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 2:42 pm to jclem11
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Do you honestly believe the way cities are currently designed is the best and most efficient way?
For whom?
This is the problem. A small subset of reddit type people think their views predominate and their desires are most important. Everyone should adapt to their views.
Utopians are horrible people.
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