Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 09:55     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


What part of the "save the world" stuff is nonsense?


Apparently some people don't live in "The World" and so choices they make that maximize their consumption of non-renewable resources will never affect them, their children or anyone whose future they care about. They are also generally the first to throw a tantrum whenever gas prices go up due to increased worldwide demand for fuel.


In your utopia everyone would live in same sized tiny apartments like the soviet housing PP posted.

No one is saving the world by moving to the city.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 09:53     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


What part of the "save the world" stuff is nonsense?


Apparently some people don't live in "The World" and so choices they make that maximize their consumption of non-renewable resources will never affect them, their children or anyone whose future they care about. They are also generally the first to throw a tantrum whenever gas prices go up due to increased worldwide demand for fuel.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 09:42     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


What part of the "save the world" stuff is nonsense?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 09:38     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


Fine, just know that we're competing with you for public spending and resource management priorities and will vote against the continued subsidizing of your nonsense.


Subsidized? Like the high cost of the city and having to rely on grants and financial assistance to go to college or private school?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 09:36     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


Fine, just know that we're competing with you for public spending and resource management priorities and will vote against the continued subsidizing of your nonsense.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 07:47     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


That's great. Live wherever you want to live. My point was that this particular website is focused on DC, a city. So you won't get much sympathy here given that you aren't a "city girl." Know your audience, people.


The focus of this website is broader, because there are many readers outside DC proper and Jeff has accommodated them through numerous forums focused on MD and VA. You might have a point if the RE forum was specific to DC, but it isn't, so you don't. It's not a question of knowing an audience, but instead trying to brow-beat one.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 07:35     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.


That's great. Live wherever you want to live. My point was that this particular website is focused on DC, a city. So you won't get much sympathy here given that you aren't a "city girl." Know your audience, people.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2013 06:57     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


I'm OP and you are exactly correct. I could afford anywhere in this area but (a) want a safe area (b) am not a city girl (c) love to get in my car and drive (d) think if people want to 'save the world', that's their choice, but don't expect me to buy into the nonsense.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 19:41     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.


+1
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 18:03     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



You think? The OP likely posted because, when people who haven't expressed any particular interest in walkability ask about some area, the walkability nazis instantly start commenting on whether the area is walkable and demanding that the OP consider whether they really want to live in that area, as opposed to some other area that the first poster either probably couldn't afford or wouldn't want to live in anyway because the schools are bad or people regularly get assaulted. If you want to live some place with a Walk Score of 99, bully for you, but other people don't necessarily want that.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 17:59     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



www.isoundfat.com is available.


Hilarious!
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 17:43     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:Why don't all of the anti-walkers go start your own forum -- DC unUrban Moms & Dads -- since the whole urban thing isn't working out for you. I would venture to say that most people who want to live in an urban setting would prefer to live in a walkable area and have good public transportation options* available.



www.isoundfat.com is available.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 15:57     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:I lived in the 'burbs (not of DC) not close to anything (well, we could ride a bike a couple miles to a couple shopping centers, I guess) and I wasn't bored as a teen. I had plenty of school activities to keep me busy and friends to hang out with. I never touched a drink until college, never did any drugs. I think it is ridiculous to say that you're dooming your child to boredom living in the 'burbs.


The paucity of teens in DC is testament to the many judgments made by parents that living in the suburbs has been a better place to raise older kids. I also don't think it's a great selling point to emphasize how easy it is for kids in "walkable" places to be able to walk to places to spend their parents' money.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 15:39     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
I lived in the 'burbs (not of DC) not close to anything (well, we could ride a bike a couple miles to a couple shopping centers, I guess) and I wasn't bored as a teen. I had plenty of school activities to keep me busy and friends to hang out with. I never touched a drink until college, never did any drugs. I think it is ridiculous to say that you're dooming your child to boredom living in the 'burbs.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2013 15:19     Subject: Walkability, house size, etc
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lol walkability get a life some of us have places to go and its quicker to drive . I would hate brigg bound to my area or plan my life around the ability to hand carry things home. Remember when you were a teen and couldn't wait to get your license and not be home bound and have independence? Funny how we justify barely screeching by to live in the city.


Lol walkability get a life some of us have places to go and its quicker to drive . I would hate BEING bound to my area or plan my life around the ability to hand carry things home. Remember when you were a teen and couldn't wait to get your license and not be home bound and have independence? Funny how we justify barely screeching by to live in the city.


Yes, if you live in a non walkable place, you are housebound without a car. Teens in the city don't have that problem. They can get around without a car. And, I generally get places much faster by foot/bike than by car. Then again, I don't have to go very far for everything I want in daily life.