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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suburbs, particularly if you're talking about DC. Having to walk everywhere sounds very limiting to me - I love the flexibility of hopping in the car and going basically anywhere I feel like.[/quote]

Walkability =/= having to walk everywhere. Walkability = being able to walk everywhere.[/quote]

Plenty of DC friends talk about "walkability" all the time.  Mind you, these friends live in far NWDC, where, in reality, they drive to almost everything that isn't in their immediate n'hood.  Yes, there's a great farmers market and a few restaurants to walk to (which is great).  But these same friends drive their kids (or have them take a city bus) quite far to go to charter schools across town (a very long drive, I might add) or to private schools in MD or VA.  In addition, they drive all over to take the kids to sports practices/games, which are almost always in MD.  These friends typically have at least one spouse who commutes by car into downtown DC or into MD or VA to work.  I'm not saying that the choice to live in the city is bad or good, it's simply a choice.  But, to say they have a "walkable lifestyle" is not accurate in reality for many in these NWDC n'hoods.[/quote]

I agree that there are a lot of parts of NW DC that are not very walkable. And/or people choose not to walk. There are even people who live in NW DC who oppose sidewalks in their neighborhoods, because sidewalks are "urban". Also there are walkable areas in Maryland and Virginia.[/quote]

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