Walkability, house size, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of this thread? mudslinging over whether city living is better than sub and exurb living ?

Maybe we should talk about facts:

It is a fact larger houses and longer commutes sap energy resources and adversely affect the environment. It is a fact that DC proper cannot physically hold everyone while meeting personal tastes. Everything has a trade off. What's needed are smarter, greener ways to commute to work, power our homes and cars.

go back to communist russia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of this thread? mudslinging over whether city living is better than sub and exurb living ?

Maybe we should talk about facts:

It is a fact larger houses and longer commutes sap energy resources and adversely affect the environment. It is a fact that DC proper cannot physically hold everyone while meeting personal tastes. Everything has a trade off. What's needed are smarter, greener ways to commute to work, power our homes and cars.

go back to communist russia http://www2.apwa.net/images/Publications/Reporter/Soviet%20style.JPG

I'm not from russia, prick!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of this thread? mudslinging over whether city living is better than sub and exurb living ?

Maybe we should talk about facts:

It is a fact larger houses and longer commutes sap energy resources and adversely affect the environment. It is a fact that DC proper cannot physically hold everyone while meeting personal tastes. Everything has a trade off. What's needed are smarter, greener ways to commute to work, power our homes and cars.

Good start would be for people living in DC and commuting to their jobs in Bethesda and Tysons to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of this thread? mudslinging over whether city living is better than sub and exurb living ?

Maybe we should talk about facts:

It is a fact larger houses and longer commutes sap energy resources and adversely affect the environment. It is a fact that DC proper cannot physically hold everyone while meeting personal tastes. Everything has a trade off. What's needed are smarter, greener ways to commute to work, power our homes and cars.

Good start would be for people living in DC and commuting to their jobs in Bethesda and Tysons to move.

Get rid of your cars! You're killing the earth! Ride the metro! Public transportation is superior by far!

This article proves this point:
http://gothamist.com/2013/05/08/photo_what_compels_a_human_being_to.php

[Anonymous]

And the forces that compelled the creation of Levittown compete with the forces drawing people back to the cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of this thread? mudslinging over whether city living is better than sub and exurb living ?

Maybe we should talk about facts:

It is a fact larger houses and longer commutes sap energy resources and adversely affect the environment. It is a fact that DC proper cannot physically hold everyone while meeting personal tastes. Everything has a trade off. What's needed are smarter, greener ways to commute to work, power our homes and cars.

Good start would be for people living in DC and commuting to their jobs in Bethesda and Tysons to move.

Get rid of your cars! You're killing the earth! Ride the metro! Public transportation is superior by far!

This article proves this point:
http://gothamist.com/2013/05/08/photo_what_compels_a_human_being_to.php

Just drove my gas guzzler to the metro, does that count? Oh and it only takes premium.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the forces that compelled the creation of Levittown compete with the forces drawing people back to the cities.

http://levittownbeyond.com/Greenbriar.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/04/AR2011030402707.html

Just pointing it out....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the forces that compelled the creation of Levittown compete with the forces drawing people back to the cities.

http://levittownbeyond.com/Greenbriar.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/04/AR2011030402707.html

Just pointing it out....

The Ashburn of its day ... you're living out THERE?!?

[Anonymous]

This neighborhood in Cleveland seems fairly walkable - unless that's not an option:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the forces that compelled the creation of Levittown compete with the forces drawing people back to the cities.

http://levittownbeyond.com/Greenbriar.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/04/AR2011030402707.html

Just pointing it out....

The Ashburn of its day ... you're living out THERE?!?

I'm sure it was the ashburn of it's time. But most of my neighbors do not commute to downtown. There are plenty of other places to work that are NOT downtown.

We're happy here - we have the amenities we want close by. Our schools are good and walking distance. We can walk to the library and a large shopping center. Fair Lakes, Fair oaks, Fairfax Corner and Reston Town Center are not far at all by car. It's a safe and family friendly area.

We probably wouldn't live out here if our jobs were downtown, but it works for us. We don't own gas guzzlers, we walk as much as we can, we rarely go very far when we do drive. We like our life, and don't need or want more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This neighborhood in Cleveland seems fairly walkable - unless that's not an option:

Well just look at the strong LE presence. That's gotta be a plus.

[Anonymous]

The Walk Score is only 72, but I'm not sure why car & bike share is such a strong factor.

[Anonymous]

Walk score 98. Love it here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Georgetown isn't really walkable to anything besides street-level shopping.

Eh, yes, yes it is. Georgetown is very, very walkable -- it's 30 minutes by foot to the White House, there is a Whole Foods and many other stores, libraries, coffee shops.

What else would you need for a neighborhood to qualify as walkable?

Certainly not White House access. Don't know if one would want to walk for an hour every day. Whole Foods is walkable to part of Georgetown, not all of Georgetown. It's practically Glover Park. No metro. You can walk to a park, but so can most FFX dwellers.

WF in Foggy Bottom is close to my East Village house--so is Traders.

Thanks nice, have fun carrying your groceries home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walk Scores are a huge factor for us. We do NOT want to be tied to our car. The conveninece, the freedom, the environmental impact, the built in exercise, the ability to have a glass of wine and dinner and walk home, the pros go on and on and on. Lots of people I love are "car people" so I will never engage in insults but we will NEVER go back.

Would it be OK to have a beer and dinner and walk home or must it be wine? What do I do if it's too cold or raining; would it be OK to drive?