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?
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@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars At the corner of my road, I have:
- Bakery (that took over the shops left and right because they kept winning awards)
- Pharmacy
- Post Office
- Women’s Hairdresser
- Pizza, Chinese and Indian
- GP (although always booked out)
- Petrol Station chain which sells marked-up cornerstore stuff, don’t get milk there it’s 6 bucks@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars Of that list, if you don’t live in a 15m walk of most of them you either live on a rural block/farm or a dystopian hellscape. Okay outer suburbs might need to stretch it to 20m or allow for scooter use to speed up the walking speed.
I recently moved from the town where I grew up to a much larger city (small city).
I had almost anything I wanted within a 15 minute walk.
Now, the only thing is a relatively crappy convenience store. Adjusting to my new location is proving more difficult than I imagined. It’s certainly nice to be a 2 minute walk to a private beach, but, I miss many of the things that were a very easy walk away.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars All but the hospital, university, arena, movie theatre, and bank. Notably all of those are still less than 45 minutes walk and understandable. Also all are under 20 minutes on my bike.
Need a proper public house
40% do not think an elementary school should be within a 15 minute walk?!?!? (16 not sure 24 no)
That’s wild.
Hope Americans notice they are being programmed for future smart cities. You can see how they work like in China, working side by side with Digital ID and CBDC.
All but 4, I can get to. University, theatre, sports arena, and shopping mall.
Although those four are a 5-10 minute Uber
@ajsadauskas
And the amount of grocery stores i can reach within a 15 minutes walk must be at least 80, easily.
This town is still structured around small family businesses.
@fuck_carsA lot of stuff actually, but I’m pretty damn lucky to like in a place that’s somewhat walkable and not a death sentence to ride a bike in.
Who needs a gas station within walking distance? One need a gas station within 15-minutes driving.
Pretty bizarre results. Park and bus stop should be 100.
University, hospital, mall, theatre, arena? Those are massive, you can’t have one 15 minute walk from everywhere.
Now bars are the one commercial item that’s easy to have around.
Living in rural US I sadly don’t have any of those within walking distance. Some would take over an hour walk, and most are not even accessible to walk. A decent bike ride can get me to a few, but I hate riding on country roads. Far too many people get hit around here.
Have everything except university and sports arena. But for me it makes sense being in the NJ/NYC metro area.
Bar should be way higher on that list. Seems a lot of people haven’t experienced the freedom of being able to walk home drunk from a bar, or at least take a subway/bus, without worrying about dealing with a car. Or worse relying on the friend who had a few beers but is still “good” to drive.
I’m actually surprised that my area of Wisconsin has the majority of these within a 15 minute walk. Bar included, of course. It makes me appreciate my neighborhood more.
