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A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it - The Guardian

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[–] imgprojts@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (10 children)

You can walk in my neighborhood.... downhill for about 2 weeks a year. Here in Kenmore WA, the rest of the year is certain death if you leave the house on foot. You would become a human popsicle most of the year. Then after you walk for literally 45 minutes you get to jack in the box and that's the end of your travels. Are you going to walk back home? Uphill and in freezing weather? And that's the way we combat homelessness here. They literally can't ever set up camp....you either. You're pretty much trapped inside an insulated box with a running tap on the gas pipeline grid. If that infrastructure dies, you are as good as dead too. The air handler is running the entire year. Winter for heating, then the two weeks I mentioned for cooling. Plus, outside your house is basically fungus eating everything...you car, your tires, dead wood, live wood. The roof. Everything is coated in a thick slimy mold layer.

What was the question again?

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://www.walkscore.com/WA/

I'm right there with you. Well, a bit worse, rocking a 20 for walkability. On a few occasions I have decided to take my life in to my own hands, walking the 1 mile alongside the cars which seem to have confused the 40 mph road with a drag strip.

The sweet reward for doing so? Nothing but the finest of dining options. From Subway to McDonald's to Taco Time, we've got it all!

[–] imgprojts@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Taco time? You lucky dog! I got Jacky n the box down a 1 mile downhill. You can go there. That's it. You can go there faster on a bike. Then just live there, there's no point in coming back.

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