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Re:Walkable Streets Are More Economically Productive by jandrewrogers on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:49AM (#16184385)
Seattle is among the most walkable cities in the US but San Diego is not. The nominally walkable areas of San Diego are for tourists with tourist desires; locals don’t live there for the most part and for good reason. I loved living there but walkable it was not.

Seattle, on the other hand, is a city where I’ve never really needed a car no matter where I lived or worked. I think that part of the lifestyle is brilliant. I have a car, but the battery goes dead between usages as often as not.

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Re:Walkable Streets Are More Economically Productive by com2kid on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:11PM (#16187811)
Northgate, West Seattle, Delridge. There are lots of suburban enclaves within the city.

Seattle has plenty of walkable parts, but I grew up in a working class suburban neighborhood within the city where driving to the store was most certainly necessary.

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