Technically "walkable," not ideal, but it'd definitely be a plus in my book. Close is 10 min or less,

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Anonymous wrote:
Call it walkable, since it's half a mile. I would NOT call half a mile long, I've done it rain or shine, with strollers and preschoolers, but you know how lazy and obese people are these days.

Or you know, someone is not lazy or obese, but hurts her foot or has a twin pregnancy.

Then they take a Lyft, they don't walk.

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Anonymous wrote:We are 15 min and I don't really consider that close tbh. I do it regularly but it definitely adds a chunk of time to any commute, and in bad weather it feels like a big inconvenience. That said, I definitely value the accessibility and I do it 2x a day for my commute so it's still a huge plus to me, I just wouldn't call it short.

PP here and I also want to add that the quality of the walk matters. Ours is really pleasant, through a pretty historic district with homes and one way streets. 15-20 minutes down a major arterial road would feel significantly worse every day I think.

Yes, this last PP is absolutely right!

You should point out that it's a pleasant walk, if it is, OP. If it's just average, then be precise and say 20 minutes.

Anonymous wrote:I’m .8 of a mile from metro as the crow flies. It’s actually 1.1 miles when you walk it, or about 20-25 minutes (depending on traffic lights/crossing signals).

I walk home on nice days when I don’t have to do the pickup. There aren’t a lot of those days. Otherwise I take the bus (I am a block from the bus stop). I wouldn’t pay a premium for my house over any other house in my ES district that is a block or two from a bus stop.

Please stop using these 'as the crow flies' metrics. Unless you're flying it doesn't matter. The OP's house is over a 1 mile for the metro and so is yours.

Half a mile to the nearest metro is not short. And what's 20 minutes for someone without anything to carry and long legs (6'4) is not 20 minutes for someone with a backpack or briefcase and short legs.

Under .3 miles is a short distance.

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Call it walkable, since it's half a mile. I would NOT call half a mile long, I've done it rain or shine, with strollers and preschoolers, but you know how lazy and obese people are these days.

It's not half a mile though. If you lay a ruler on a map and draw a line from Metro through several houses to OP's house, that line is a half a mile long. Actual walking route sounds more like a mile.

Look, any distance is walkable given enough time. I routinely walk a five mile loop for recreation. But when I need to get to work on time and looking nice, and carrying my laptop etc, a mile walk is not what I want.

I live an 8 minute walk from the metro now, and we're planning to move to a bigger house a few blocks away. We'll likely start driving.

not today!

It's not close but it's walkable.

Anonymous wrote:
Call it walkable, since it's half a mile. I would NOT call half a mile long, I've done it rain or shine, with strollers and preschoolers, but you know how lazy and obese people are these days.

Or you know, someone is not lazy or obese, but hurts her foot or has a twin pregnancy.

Call it walkable, since it's half a mile. I would NOT call half a mile long, I've done it rain or shine, with strollers and preschoolers, but you know how lazy and obese people are these days.

I’d ask guests to do a short walk for a dinner party. I wouldn’t expect guests to walk 20 mins.

Anonymous wrote:How do you even measure how far the metro is “as the crow flies”?

Open google maps and search the closest metro station. The distance that comes up is the shortest distance to the metro. Then use the “directions” feature for walking directions, and you will see how far the walk is. Generally these measurements are different.

Anonymous wrote:You can avoid these problems by avoiding adjectives like short, etc and instead use more factual descriptors. Writing "an easy 20-minute walk to the metro" more accurately captures your point and avoids the problems that more ambiguous language might cause.

But I sense OP wants to avoid facts...

It's a big and beautiful house next to metro...

How do you even measure how far the metro is “as the crow flies”?

You can avoid these problems by avoiding adjectives like short, etc and instead use more factual descriptors. Writing "an easy 20-minute walk to the metro" more accurately captures your point and avoids the problems that more ambiguous language might cause.