Is Walkability a code word?

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t even want to know what “two car garage” is a code word for.

Yeah. I thought I’d be safe picking something in a “quiet cul de sac”. Turns out that’s also code.

“Cul de sac” is French literally meaning bottom of a bag. Dead End Streets were renamed Cul de sacs by realtors trying to sound fancy.

Saying you live in a cul de sac means you live in the bottom on a bag. The Sac literally means Sack. So in French you would say in supermarket don’t put my eggs in the cul de sac (bottom of the sack)

So…teabagging?

LOL.

I've heard from a few different people that Takoma Park is full of swingers (that they had friends who innocently bought a house there and then a few months later realized everyone was sleeping with everyone.) Also very walkable. I bet they walk to each others houses. Maybe that's waht OP is talking about.

Now I really hope we get a thread from a Takoma Park swinger talking about how rising real estate prices are ruining the swingers vibe in the neighborhood because all the gentrifying new neighbors are monogamous. Please please please, a thread like that could sustain my mood for like four solid days.

Huh. I live in Takoma Park and I've never heard of this. I must be out of the loop, or maybe my neighborhood has already "gentrified into monogamy," whatever that means.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems people on DCUM who are mainly married couples want walkability to restaurants and bars.

Is it because they are alcoholics or drinks who can’t get in a car after going to a bar?

Are they swingers who want to bring other couples back from nearby bars and restaurants close by?

This is a silly post, but I will answer honestly. Having to get in the car in order to go anywhere makes me feel like a prisoner in my house

Ugh, what's even worse is visiting family in places where you can't leave without a car. They pick you up at the airport and then effectively hold you hostage for a week. We wrote up a guide to walking and getting around our neighborhood so that visitors can feel more comfortable exploring the city on their own. People seem to appreciate it, and they come back regularly.

So yeah, I guess walkability helps make us more popular.

This is real. This is exactly what is stressful about visiting both my family and my ILs.

Though ironically, when our parents visit us, they are afraid to walk around our (nice! expensive!) neighborhood because they are so unused to walking around that it all terrifies them -- the sounds, the proximity of other people, etc. So they hole up in our apartment the entire time. It's depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t even want to know what “two car garage” is a code word for.

Yeah. I thought I’d be safe picking something in a “quiet cul de sac”. Turns out that’s also code.

“Cul de sac” is French literally meaning bottom of a bag. Dead End Streets were renamed Cul de sacs by realtors trying to sound fancy.

Saying you live in a cul de sac means you live in the bottom on a bag. The Sac literally means Sack. So in French you would say in supermarket don’t put my eggs in the cul de sac (bottom of the sack)

So…teabagging?

LOL.

I've heard from a few different people that Takoma Park is full of swingers (that they had friends who innocently bought a house there and then a few months later realized everyone was sleeping with everyone.) Also very walkable. I bet they walk to each others houses. Maybe that's waht OP is talking about.

Now I really hope we get a thread from a Takoma Park swinger talking about how rising real estate prices are ruining the swingers vibe in the neighborhood because all the gentrifying new neighbors are monogamous. Please please please, a thread like that could sustain my mood for like four solid days.

Huh. I live in Takoma Park and I've never heard of this. I must be out of the loop, or maybe my neighborhood has already "gentrified into monogamy," whatever that means.

I heard it from two totally different people, same story -- friends buy a house in TKPK for their family. Start socializing with neighbors. Very soon one member of the couple gets an offer from one member of another couple to get freaky. All out in the open (the spouses know.) Both people actually did start sleeping with the neighbor.

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PP. My favorite quotes from the conversations. "She's living that bisexual, polygamous Takoma park life!" And "first the couple asked them to take LSD with them, and during the trip is when the swap happened."

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Anonymous wrote:PP. My favorite quotes from the conversations. "She's living that bisexual, polygamous Takoma park life!" And "first the couple asked them to take LSD with them, and during the trip is when the swap happened."

This is sounding less credible as details are added.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s code for swingers. They really don’t have a good place to stash car keys, license, and insurance cards (being as that they are mostly naked for the purposes of said swinging).

+1 I am laughing so hard

Imagine the logistics of swinging if you had to drive!!

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If you live in a walkable area, its so convenient for you, your kids and your visitors.

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Yes, yes it is.

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And when Redfin lists it as Hot, you know they’re getting busy.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re alcoholic swingers.

Sounds intriguing. Tell me more.

I’m walkability curious.

The evening starts with a box of Franzia and ends with a well lit crossing at a marked crosswalk with pedestrian signal heads.

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But if you're swinging it is much safer to do it in the back of your minivan, with a pad on the floor, than it is to sneak in or out of the other person's house--even if the husband says it is OK (spoiler alert: it is not OK).

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Anonymous wrote:Walkability is a codeword for "I'm too poor to have a car and a house with a garage so I pretend it's because I'm hip instead of a loser"

100000% this!!

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Anonymous wrote:Walkability is a codeword for "I'm too poor to have a car and a house with a garage so I pretend it's because I'm hip instead of a loser"

100000% this!!

Total opposite. Price per sqft is highest in walkable areas.

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Lol. Why is swingers the first thing that came to mind as the reason for walkability. That’s telling.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol. Why is swingers the first thing that came to mind as the reason for walkability. That’s telling.

Damn alcoholic swingers and their damn exercise and ease of access to various facilities!