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0 pointsinglor_cz4y ago0 comments

Why should a neighbourhood consisting of single family homes not be walkable?

This is such a neighbourhood from the early 1920s not too far from where I grew up. Take a stroll through it with Street View. It is perfectly walkable.

https://goo.gl/maps/kKqhtNbKDy6oycSi9

The lots are smallish compared to the American standard, though. This is a crowded continent.

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nottorp4y ago

It's not a single use zone if stores are allowed in it. The OP means that you need a car to get anything you need because the nearest store is 2 hours of walking away.

inglor_czOP4y ago

Ah, this is something I did not know. A residential area that allows no stores is really a weird, weird concept.

nottorp4y ago

Oh, I'm also in Eastern Europe and it's similarly foreign to me. Even the new suburbs they're building here now with all identical houses, Edward Scissorhands style, have corner stores(tm) within walking distance everywhere.

oblio4y ago

Small stores draw criminals, you see?

inglor_czOP4y ago

So does big business :)

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nottorp4y ago

It's not a single use zone if stores are allowed in it. The OP means that you need a car to get anything you need because the nearest store is 2 hours of walking away.

inglor_czOP4y ago

Ah, this is something I did not know. A residential area that allows no stores is really a weird, weird concept.

nottorp4y ago

oblio4y ago

Small stores draw criminals, you see?

inglor_czOP4y ago

So does big business :)

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