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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me, walkability is code for a left leaning transplant moving to the big city who wants a faux city experience as much as possible in a suburb because it's so exciting to move to DC.  But not really in DC.  [/quote]
It sounds like you are referencing a specific person or type of people you hate. Either way, this says more about you than anything else.
For many people (i.e. Europeans) walkability is an expectation. An evening stroll like a passieggiata is a cherished part of the culture.

Many, many foreigners live in the DC metro area because they were sent here for jobs. Many of us don't drive because we never had to. For example, many Japanese families live in apartments near Woodmont triangle in Bethesda. The men have diplomatic or academic posts and the wives don't drive. Downtown Bethesda works for them and doesn't require car ownership

Married couples desiring walkability are not necessarily Americans from Podunk towns excited to live in the big city. We come from big cities... Big cities in other countries with walkable city centers.

Sincerely,
Someone who begrudgingly moved here from Europe because of my spouse's job[/quote]

+1, only in the US is walkability considered an affectation instead of just a necessity for life. Over 50% of the world's population live in urban areas. Only 18% of people on the planet own cars. Most human beings are walking, biking, or taking public transit to work, school, the grocery store, etc. Walkable cities are not something they learned about from watching sitcoms based in New York City -- it's just normal.[/quote]

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