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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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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some people think the "wrong sort of people" will come to a neighborhood if there's a bus stop. Like they're going to get on the bus, break into your house, and get back on the bus holding your tv.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, an architect in NYC intentionally designed bridges to be too low for busses to pass under them to keep busses out of some neighborhoods.

Because fuck the poor.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're probably talking about Robert Moses? Park commissioner, city planner, huge asshole. There's a huge book called The Power Broker that's a fascinating history of him and the city.

It also mentions a part where one of his lead engineers came to him and was like "if we build it like this, it'll cost basically the same and if we want to put train tracks in the future it will be easy. If we build it your way , it'll be impossible to put a train here without a ton of expensive work".

Moses went the anti-train way on purpose.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 10 months ago