Walkability, house size, etc

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In your utopia everyone would live in same sized tiny apartments like the soviet housing PP posted.

Only a simpleton would honestly think anyone is suggesting that.

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In your utopia everyone would live in same sized tiny apartments like the soviet housing PP posted.

Only a simpleton would honestly think anyone is suggesting that.

I agree. The walkability nazis are not that principled. They do not want everyone to live in accommodations they would personally find uncomfortable. They want everyone to live like they do, or more precisely to covet how they live, so their own real estate values will appreciate. Environmentalism is just a convenient pretext for advancing that agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.

You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.

I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.

That's great. Live wherever you want to live. My point was that this particular website is focused on DC, a city. So you won't get much sympathy here given that you aren't a "city girl." Know your audience, people.

The focus of this website is broader, because there are many readers outside DC proper and Jeff has accommodated them through numerous forums focused on MD and VA. You might have a point if the RE forum was specific to DC, but it isn't, so you don't. It's not a question of knowing an audience, but instead trying to brow-beat one.

If you can't take the urban heat....

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.

You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.

I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.

That's great. Live wherever you want to live. My point was that this particular website is focused on DC, a city. So you won't get much sympathy here given that you aren't a "city girl." Know your audience, people.

The focus of this website is broader, because there are many readers outside DC proper and Jeff has accommodated them through numerous forums focused on MD and VA. You might have a point if the RE forum was specific to DC, but it isn't, so you don't. It's not a question of knowing an audience, but instead trying to brow-beat one.

If you can't take the urban heat....

Are you sure you didn't mean the urban hot air?