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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house? (mediacdn.aus.social)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

#fuckcars #walkability #urbanism #UrbanPlanning @fuck_cars #walking

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
In a 15 minute walk, in the Greater #Montreal , I have access to:
- Grocery Store
- (Miniature) Park
- Pharmacy
- Bus Stop
- Restaurant
- Post Office
- Bank
- Gas Station (why‽)
- (Fake) Shopping Mall

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why the fuck is “school” so far from the top of the list 🙄?

Also, if the whole point is the place being walkable, gas station shouldn’t even make the list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

high rise strip malls with conveyor belts. ala Jetsons. my robovac has a lot to learn

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

I recently moved from the town where I grew up to a much larger city (small city).

I had almost anything I wanted within a 15 minute walk.

Now, the only thing is a relatively crappy convenience store. Adjusting to my new location is proving more difficult than I imagined. It's certainly nice to be a 2 minute walk to a private beach, but, I miss many of the things that were a very easy walk away.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

One of the really interesting things about reading this thread is noticing how these places clearly mean different things to different people.

Like one person says how "can somebody not want a pub in their neighborhood?" A pub and a bar might not mean the same thing to everyone. To some people a bar might mean something much closer to a night club and a pub something much closer to a restaurant.

Gas station doesn't mean convenience store to me AT ALL. To me it's only a place for buying gas. I would never go to one unless I was buying gas at the same time.

Is what I call a green grocer/fruit market what other people call a grocery store?

The questions abound...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's a brothel about 100 meters away. A doctor's surgery where I can get tested for STDs less than 50 meters in the other direction. Several hotels, bars and restaurants. A few convenience stores. Several fast food eateries. At least three gyms and a Greek Orthodox Church.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As an American you could ask me what should be in a 15 minute neighborhood and I'd answer things but I can't walk off of my street without taking my life in my hands. The only thing I can walk to is my neighbors' houses.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Cars.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Crime and personal safety I'd guess...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

40% do not think an elementary school should be within a 15 minute walk?!?!? (16 not sure 24 no)

That's wild.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars ultimately, it’s largely about density. Eg. There are maybe 7000 pubs/night clubs etc in Australia. So if there are about 4000 ppl within walking distance of you, good chance you’ll have a pub within walking distance. Or if there are 4000 ppl within driving distance of you, good chance you’ll have a pub within driving distance. And so on for the rest…

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I can get to....more houses!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

None of them because there are no sidewalks

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This poll shows a population not really taking the question seriously.

Why should a gas station be more accessible on foot than a local pub?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

To be honest, I'd rather grab beer from the gas station near my house than the bar near my house. The bar serves Budweiser with a side of racism, and the gas station has a good craft beer selection.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They are prioritizing things deemed necessities.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Based on that logic the pub should win out every time! In fact in my perfect 15 minute neighborhood we’ve got at least 3 pubs! And cars can’t even enter the city limits. Want a car? Park it outside the bubble and it’s only used to travel on highways

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@intensely_human It was a weird option to include in the survey anyway, along with giant sports arena.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Maybe they were thinking of it as a convenience store. A place you walk to, to get cigarettes late a night.

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