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

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

I'd consider it walkable but not a short distance

[Anonymous]

Anything under a mile is walkable. Half a mile is a short walk.

[Anonymous]

We’re .5 miles/10 minute walk. That’s the outer bounds of close, in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

20 minutes is not close at all.
I live 7 minutes to metro (door to door, .25 mi). I consider this walking distance.

[Anonymous]

As the crow flies doesn’t matter, you know that. A 20 minute walk is a nice-to-have but not close enough to be convenient.

[Anonymous]

I consider 10 minutes or less walkable. 20 minutes is doable in good weather, it if it’s rainy, icy, etc., it just doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

20 minute walk is a mile. The “straight line” distance doesn’t matter. It’s walkable, but that’s not a “short” walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20 minutes is not close at all.
I live 7 minutes to metro (door to door, .25 mi). I consider this walking distance.

+1. Under 10 minutes is considered walkable. Although I have suffered through many a real estate listing that said the home was walkable but was really driving distance.

[Anonymous]

Can you walk there straight-line? If not, that’s a useless measure. How long is the actual walking distance?

[Anonymous]

I live a 20 minute walk from a metro station, and while I can walk it, on a daily basis it's usually just faster to catch a bus or bike share. So no, not a short walk.

[Anonymous]

Why is does it take 20 mins to walk if it’s only half a mile? 20 mins is far. I would list it as .5 mile from the metro, assuming that is the distance one would have to walk. We live about a mile from the metro, we walk it sometimes but I wouldn’t describe it as walkable for a daily commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is does it take 20 mins to walk if it’s only half a mile? 20 mins is far. I would list it as .5 mile from the metro, assuming that is the distance one would have to walk. We live about a mile from the metro, we walk it sometimes but I wouldn’t describe it as walkable for a daily commute.

It’s not a .5 miles walk, OP said it’s .5 as the crow flies. If you have to wind through neighborhood streets, that can easily be at least a mile.

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

Not close, but "walkable to" or "an easy walk to" would work.