• lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org
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      A walkable neighborhood does not mean a neighborhood where you can “go for a walk”.

      It’s a neighborhood where you can use walking as a form of transportation to get the things you need. Unfortunately this is impossible when the neighborhood was designed for cars. Car centered design requires large parking lots and wide roads. This causes the places people need to go to spread out in order to make room for all the car infrastructure. This puts these places outside of walking distance.

      This means de-emphasizing the car is a requirement for walkability.

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          Suburbs and rural to some extent are car centeic as well. Its a matter of packing buldings in a tighter fashion so that the distance between vital places is not long.

          Think like apartment buildings and universities. Those who live near universities often opt to not drive because anything they would do often is nearby. Eat. Socialize, do some shopping, education.

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s more of a fear of getting hit on a road, kinda thing. Not necessarily that they’re lazy.