Walkability, house size, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a mean-spirited thread. Congratulations.[/quote

It's no more or no less mean-spirited than the hundreds of DCUM posts where people have dismissed neighborhoods as "not walkable" even when those originally asking about those neighborhood did not suggest walkability was one of their priorities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a mean-spirited thread. Congratulations.[/quote

It's no more or no less mean-spirited than the hundreds of DCUM posts where people have dismissed neighborhoods as "not walkable" even when those originally asking about those neighborhood did not suggest walkability was one of their priorities.

+1
I think walkability is great but it has turned into a ridiculous status symbol of sorts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common theme in this forum is for people to discuss walkability. If you don't want it, you are somehow not 'normal'. Additionally, there's house size as in "you don't NEED more than X square feet".

Who determines what someone else needs? Who determines walkability? Why are these things considered desirable? Isn't desirable what works for you? And isn't it possible that what works for you isn't what works for someone else?

Find some friends to talk to.

(Easier if you can just walk to their place)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People really think "walkability" is not desirable?

For many of us, whether one could walk just isn't on the radar.

This -- I strongly feel that questions like must be on our radar. That's not to say I expect everyone to always walk, but we have to make conscious choices.

[Anonymous]

My SIL lives .25 miles from her best friend. I don't think she's ever walked there.

Reminds me of that Steve Martin movie, where he drives next door. Some people just are not mobile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FYI if your home is smaller than 3000 SQRFT and old you are going to make sacrifices to live in the space

seriously, you the most effing obnoxious poster on this forum. get over your obsession with 3000 already!

Not the PP but don't lay it out on that fella just because you're pissed that you have to take your pots and pans out of the oven before firing it up.

this is not even close to the truth, but aren't you cute for thinking it?

This particular poster comes on every thread discussing McMansions or middle class or yard size or DC area sucks and babbles on about the 3000 SQRFT house. I know it is the same poster because it is always typed the exact same way. It is this poster's contention that absolutely everyone in the world wants and needs 3000 sf homes and anything else is just a shit shack and inferior. Says that every place in America besides DC has this size or bigger homes. This poster never provides actual evidence that this is the case, and is diproven time and time again when people find statistics to back up that average NEW home size isn't even close to this square footage. But never mind that - they continue to spout this shit day in, day out.

[Anonymous]

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This particular poster comes on every thread discussing McMansions or middle class or yard size or DC area sucks and babbles on about the 3000 SQRFT house. I know it is the same poster because it is always typed the exact same way. It is this poster's contention that absolutely everyone in the world wants and needs 3000 sf homes and anything else is just a shit shack and inferior. Says that every place in America besides DC has this size or bigger homes. This poster never provides actual evidence that this is the case, and is diproven time and time again when people find statistics to back up that average NEW home size isn't even close to this square footage. But never mind that - they continue to spout this shit day in, day out.

If another poster pissed me off that much, I don't think I'd acknowledge it. I'm guessing that you just made his or her day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People really think "walkability" is not desirable?

It is just not a factor. I live .25 miles from my kids school, .7 miles to the metro, .8 miles to the pool club, and 1 mile to the grocery and assorted ethnic restaurants. I rarely walk to any of these places. I have a car that I like to drive. It is faster and more convenient to drive. For many of us, whether one could walk just isn't on the radar. If traffic really sucked and most places had no parking, then I would consider that a negative.

Wow -- I hope this is a troll.

Why? I agree with that poster.

I agree with them too. My house in a horrible suburb that no one here would DREAM of living in has a walk score of something like 73. But who gives a rat's arse, I rarely walk anywhere except the park. If I'm grocery shopping, I want to put stuff in my car. Kids' schools are not walkable, which is a shame because that might be the one other place I'd walk. Driving's easy and fast and parking is plentiful.

[Anonymous]

And our subsidized gasoline is cheap--at least for now.

[Anonymous]

Lol do you walk your groceries home in the storm

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FYI if your home is smaller than 3000 SQRFT and old you are going to make sacrifices to live in the space

seriously, you the most effing obnoxious poster on this forum. get over your obsession with 3000 already!

Not the PP but don't lay it out on that fella just because you're pissed that you have to take your pots and pans out of the oven before firing it up.

this is not even close to the truth, but aren't you cute for thinking it?

This particular poster comes on every thread discussing McMansions or middle class or yard size or DC area sucks and babbles on about the 3000 SQRFT house. I know it is the same poster because it is always typed the exact same way. It is this poster's contention that absolutely everyone in the world wants and needs 3000 sf homes and anything else is just a shit shack and inferior. Says that every place in America besides DC has this size or bigger homes. This poster never provides actual evidence that this is the case, and is diproven time and time again when people find statistics to back up that average NEW home size isn't even close to this square footage. But never mind that - they continue to spout this shit day in, day out.

Agreed it is ridiculous to think 3000sqrft is needed, you really need at least 5000 or you won't have a good sized mudroom , walk in pantry or all other rooms . I also want walkin closets for each bedroom , that's the must important walk score to me.

[Anonymous]

my DH ridicules me for wanting walkability, but it's the most important thing to me. I like to breathe fresh air, i like to move my body, I hate to sit. I like that if baby falls asleep in the stroller, I can continue on my day (not get stuck sitting in the car). I like saying hi to neighbors.

I get that he likes driving and walk in closets and back porches.

Just preferences. Not right or wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my DH ridicules me for wanting walkability, but it's the most important thing to me. I like to breathe fresh air, i like to move my body, I hate to sit. I like that if baby falls asleep in the stroller, I can continue on my day (not get stuck sitting in the car). I like saying hi to neighbors.

I get that he likes driving and walk in closets and back porches.

Just preferences. Not right or wrong.

Ironically the suburbs have fresher air than the city.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People really think "walkability" is not desirable?

It is just not a factor. I live .25 miles from my kids school, .7 miles to the metro, .8 miles to the pool club, and 1 mile to the grocery and assorted ethnic restaurants. I rarely walk to any of these places. I have a car that I like to drive. It is faster and more convenient to drive. For many of us, whether one could walk just isn't on the radar. If traffic really sucked and most places had no parking, then I would consider that a negative.

The fact that you say this with a straight face, and that you don't understand that this is everything that is wrong with this country, is why this discussion will never get anywhere productive. Peace out.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Europe and walking was important to me, I didn't know about walk score but just looked ours up - it's 96.

I live in a 3 bedroom condo downtown, but I probably don't need/want as much stuff as most Americans seem to. You guys seem to always want more stuff.

We rarely drive and walk everywhere. Which is probably why we aren't as fat as most of you.