Do American suburbs not have the concept of a "corner shop"? Somewhere you can grab some basics by walking there in 5 to 10 minutes?
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No. They exist, but they basically only have beer, cigarettes, chips, and candy. No actual food.
They're also very badly overpriced.
Yes we have that concept. We just don't often have that reality.
Most are gone. T a combination of being zoned out and people being willing to drive 30 minutes to a big box store instead of walking 5 to a corner market nuked most of them.
I have a map of where they used to be in my city 100 years ago. (We do transit advocacy and need data on city history.) They used to be every 400m or so across the entire city, but now? Only a few remain.
They donβt. It sucks.
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You'd think the people living in this 'walkable' neighbourhood would end up starving and being underweight ... when in fact they all just end up overweight with diabetes and heart disease
I walked 3 miles today and carrying groceries in a plastic bag fucking exhausted me
They have to go 7.4 miles just to buy an energy drink and come back
Sidewalks check! β
don't take them for granted in the States
"Why does everyone want to live in pre-existing postwar suburbs? what is the magical x factor that makes people want them?? "
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I live in an apartment building. The liquor store is on the ground floor.
I'm neighbors with my gas station/liquor store combo but the bus service makes almost the whole town in my reach.... Furthermore I can't think of a single place that isn't walkable if you're willing to cover the distance at least here. City limits hit and pedestrian access stop.
Furthermore I can't think of a single place that isn't walkable if you're willing to cover the distance at least here. City limits hit and pedestrian access stop.
You can walk on dirt, can't you? You don't need a sidewalk. Just be willing to walk 30 miles in the dirt. π€·π»ββοΈ