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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house? (mediacdn.aus.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I feel a bit lucky looking at this. I live in the middle of the US and I have the first 9 listed within a 15 min walking distance. I live in a rather large town though too and I'm smack in the middle of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

                    Sore feet

#RuralLife

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (19 children)

I can't get to any of those within a 15-minute walk from my house because I don't live in a city. I apologize for my lack of urban living.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm only missing 3 here in Philadelphia, a hospital, movie theater, and university. Though there are plenty of urgent care facilities around my location. And if we include a 15 minute bus ride, I can get to all three. I had to think in where the nearest theater was.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's no university or sports arena within 15 minutes of me but, the bus station will take me to either and I could walk to the sports arena if I really felt like it. I think the movie theater might be closer to a 20 minute walk but that's still reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars ultimately, it’s largely about density. Eg. There are maybe 7000 pubs/night clubs etc in Australia. So if there are about 4000 ppl within walking distance of you, good chance you’ll have a pub within walking distance. Or if there are 4000 ppl within driving distance of you, good chance you’ll have a pub within driving distance. And so on for the rest…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars All except a Uni.

Shopping Mall? Well, not really, but yes to local shopping strip (5 minutes), Fitzroy St, St Kilda and Clarendon St, South Melbourne (10 Minutes) both covering all shopping needs.

Brisk 20 minutes would get me to the closest CBD campus of a Uni.

And three minutes walk to two tram lines.

Kids walked or public transported to school.

I rode or public transported to work (or taxi and flew because it was in another state or country).

One car family - have never been really able to give up a car, entirely, but never needed two.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

high rise strip malls with conveyor belts. ala Jetsons. my robovac has a lot to learn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
In a 15 minute walk, in the Greater #Montreal , I have access to:
- Grocery Store
- (Miniature) Park
- Pharmacy
- Bus Stop
- Restaurant
- Post Office
- Bank
- Gas Station (why‽)
- (Fake) Shopping Mall

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I can reach everything on that list in 15mins by foot except for a sports arena and a hospital.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Groceries, (crappy) park, pharmacy, 2 bus stops, light rail stop serving three lines, at least 15 restaurants/food carts, a bank, a gas station (and a standalone convenience store), a hospital, a barber shop, and a few bars.

For the missing, good transit access fills in the gaps mostly:

Day care: I don't have kids, so I don't know this one. There probably is day care in the area.
Post office: I'm in kind of an awkward area for some amenities, and that includes post offices. Post drop boxes are plentiful, but an actual office takes some travel.
Shopping mall: I don't frequent shopping malls, but there the light rail links up with some. Most are dying, but one is doing well. This is a shrug.
Movie theater: A few minutes on the light rail, no problem.
University: Portland State University is an urban university that I work at. I can access it by bus or light rail.
Sports arena: There are at least two sizeable sports arenas, the Moda Center and Providence Park, on the MAX light rail. The light rail gets heavy use from Portlanders who don't want to deal with parking.

There are two exceptions:

Good parks: The area actually has a lot of great parks, but there is a freeway blocking the nearest one. I can take transit, bike, or walk a while. That's doable, but it adds a lot of time if I just want to go lounge around in the outdoors.
Elementary Schools: If I had kids, the area would be not great. It's a 25 minute walk, which is a bit much. That said, one of the "bike bus" programs would be perfect since the route isn't that long.

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