• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    non walkable areas

    Every area is walk-able if you get rid of the 10 ton death machines barreling through them at 80 mph.

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      2 days ago

      people will totally still walk on unsafe roads, that doesn’t make people’s houses any closer to anything.

      when i was a kid i would walk in the Ditch on the side of unwalkable roads, playing frogger to cross. it took me 2 hours of waking to reach the closest business, which was a single gross gas station. that’s why i didn’t walk to commute and I’m an avid hiker. the small handful of times i went for it it took me all day to get to one store and back. spent 6 hours just to get to a store with fresh produce and back by foot.

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      2 days ago

      I get the sentiment but no

      Removing the cars would not magically make America walkable

      Walkability is a design issue not just whether it’s safe to physically be there on foot