Is a 20 minute walk from the metro train to your door “Long”

[Anonymous]

We used to live 20 min walk - it was faster to take a bus. Anyway, people definitely felt it was too far to walk to even come visit, let alone daily commute.

[Anonymous]

We are 15 min and I don't really consider that close tbh. I do it regularly but it definitely adds a chunk of time to any commute, and in bad weather it feels like a big inconvenience. That said, I definitely value the accessibility and I do it 2x a day for my commute so it's still a huge plus to me, I just wouldn't call it short.

[Anonymous]

My house is .8 miles away and door to train door is about 20 min

It is walkable. my threshold is: would I be able to do it every single day without feeling the need to uber or wait for a bus? if yes, then it's walkable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be rude, but "who cares"? When the distance to Metro is a mile or less, you'll be cutting your risk of MI/Stroke. So it's a good thing, not bad. I walk it!

People about to drop a huge chunk of change on a house care. The difference between a 20 minute walk and a 10 minute walk twice a day over a bunch of years is huge. We only looked for homes that were within 0.5 miles of metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are 15 min and I don't really consider that close tbh. I do it regularly but it definitely adds a chunk of time to any commute, and in bad weather it feels like a big inconvenience. That said, I definitely value the accessibility and I do it 2x a day for my commute so it's still a huge plus to me, I just wouldn't call it short.

PP here and I also want to add that the quality of the walk matters. Ours is really pleasant, through a pretty historic district with homes and one way streets. 15-20 minutes down a major arterial road would feel significantly worse every day I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We listed our home as short distance to metro. Straight line on a map it is .51 miles.

Actual time to walk from doors opening in station to our front door is a 20 minute walk.
Some realtors in pre-view thought it was “far”.

Is there a standard now? Under 10 minutes people consider walkable?

20 minutes is anything but short.

How many times a year do YOU actually use the metro both ways to go to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are 15 min and I don't really consider that close tbh. I do it regularly but it definitely adds a chunk of time to any commute, and in bad weather it feels like a big inconvenience. That said, I definitely value the accessibility and I do it 2x a day for my commute so it's still a huge plus to me, I just wouldn't call it short.

+1. I also walk 15 minutes to and from the metro everyday. It’s not bad but it’s not short. If a guest takes the metro to visit me, I pick them up at the station to save them the walk because it’s long for a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be rude, but "who cares"? When the distance to Metro is a mile or less, you'll be cutting your risk of MI/Stroke. So it's a good thing, not bad. I walk it!

If I saw a listing that described a 20 min walk as a “short distance” to the metro, I’d wonder what else they lied about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to be rude, but "who cares"? When the distance to Metro is a mile or less, you'll be cutting your risk of MI/Stroke. So it's a good thing, not bad. I walk it!

If I saw a listing that described a 20 min walk as a “short distance” to the metro, I’d wonder what else they lied about.

Same reaction here.

[Anonymous]

Also for most stations, it will take you 3-5 min to get from the street down to the platform. So when I say 7 min door to door (only .25 mi), it includes setting down to the actual train. If you are saying it’s a “20 min” walk, my guess it’s more like 25 min once you are really on the train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also for most stations, it will take you 3-5 min to get from the street down to the platform. So when I say 7 min door to door (only .25 mi), it includes setting down to the actual train. If you are saying it’s a “20 min” walk, my guess it’s more like 25 min once you are really on the train.

True.I hear my neighbors say it takes 20 minutes to get downtown, but they're talking just about time on the metro, not the walking/descending into metro/waiting for the train etc.

[Anonymous]

It takes you 20 minutes to walk .5 miles? No that's not a "short walk". 5 minutes is a short walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also for most stations, it will take you 3-5 min to get from the street down to the platform. So when I say 7 min door to door (only .25 mi), it includes setting down to the actual train. If you are saying it’s a “20 min” walk, my guess it’s more like 25 min once you are really on the train.

True.I hear my neighbors say it takes 20 minutes to get downtown, but they're talking just about time on the metro, not the walking/descending into metro/waiting for the train etc.

Ah yes, the great “commute time” lie. Let me guess, it takes your neighbor only “20 min” to go from
Bethesda to Union Station.

[Anonymous]

I’m .8 of a mile from metro as the crow flies. It’s actually 1.1 miles when you walk it, or about 20-25 minutes (depending on traffic lights/crossing signals).

I walk home on nice days when I don’t have to do the pickup. There aren’t a lot of those days. Otherwise I take the bus (I am a block from the bus stop). I wouldn’t pay a premium for my house over any other house in my ES district that is a block or two from a bus stop.

[Anonymous]

I did a 20 min walk from the SS Metro for 18 mos. It was bearable 70% of the time, horrible 20% of the time, and actually pleasant the remaining 10%. We bought a second car after the fourth time I came home sick from work on a very cold and rainy day and couldn’t get an Uber or taxi.