Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:53     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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"


Lots of us have cars and garage or on-street parking. It's just that we don't want to get in a car every time we need milk or want to go out for dinner.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:52     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:32     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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"


Might want to check the $/sf for walkable areas compared to suburban sprawl before you start making ignorant comments.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:25     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:07     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:02     Subject: Re:Is Walkability a code word?
I like walkability because I want to be able to walk to grocery stores, my kid's school, the park/playground, library/book store, my friends homes in the neighborhood (not just people on my street but people who might live a mile or two a way, too), and at least a few retail spots, include a coffee shop or two and a handful of bars and restaurants.

I hate driving and would prefer to drive as minimally as possible. We have a car but prefer to only use it on the weekend, for road trips, or for the occasional trip to Costco or Target.

Walkability for me is about density, but also infrastructure (good sidewalks and pedestrian connectivity -- sidewalks don't suddenly disappear, forcing me into the street, there are crosswalks in the right places and cars actually stop for them, etc.). Walkability also refers to a culture of walking and biking places, which leads to cars that tend to watch for pedestrians and cyclists, people actually stopping at stop signs and red lights, residents and businesses that don't randomly block sidewalks with cars, trash, etc.

It's not a code word for anything. Walkability is about the ability to walk.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 15:00     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
Anonymous wrote:
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"


Everywhere on Earth, the rich live IN the cities. Exburbs like Ashburn are for UMC wannabes; no real wealth out there.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:58     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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"

Lol so how do you explain all of the gigantic new builds inside the beltway? Must be a very specific subset of the working poor who can afford 2-4 Million dollar houses.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:57     Subject: Re:Is Walkability a code word?
Because I absolutely hate suburbs in every way.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:56     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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?


You have to be in your 70s. You haven’t heard of Uber/Lyft? If it was just a matter of being unable to drive that would solve it.

Not everyone likes to drive.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:25     Subject: Re:Is Walkability a code word?

Anonymous wrote:


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


+100000
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:19     Subject: Re:Is Walkability a code word?
Lots of suburban parents see lack of walkability as a feature, not a bug, so that their kids can’t go places without parents’ approval.
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:18     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
Anonymous wrote:
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


+1000
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:17     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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"


It’s more of a codeword for, “I’m not a lazy a** who can’t/won’t go anywhere without a car.”
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2023 14:16     Subject: Is Walkability a code word?
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"