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Originally Posted by badrunner
Oh come on. You can't pick two extreme examples like Houston and London and try to pass it off as an "all else being equal" comparison. And I was talking about residential areas in any case.
A more sensible comparison would be a typical soulless sunbelt suburb like this:
https://goo.gl/maps/GUggvv9ochhHAg6TA
versus a typical soulless rowhouse neighborhood like this:
https://goo.gl/maps/7XkY38Fu2YpXULqU8
I have a strong preference for one over the other and it has nothing to do with setbacks or curb cuts. |
Where exactly would you be walking in that suburban neighborhood? To your neighbors house to carpool to a mall?
The entire concept of "walkability" in the context to which this forum is dedicated assumes there are places to which one can walk, i.e. a person leaves their home and walks to work, school, the grocery store, etc. Choosing a subdivision in the suburban hinterlands devoid of any human activity completely misses the point and changes the conversation to "a quiet place to take a walk." If you want to go that route, I can beat your "walkable" subdivision:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7777...7i13312!8i6656
Supreme walkability!