Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity
by danny_codes on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @11:13AM
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> That's true for most places.
Sorry I wasn't specific enough. Predates the automobile AND (mostly) wasn't destroyed for the automobile.
Lots of America was built before cars but was subsequently destroyed for cars. Those areas aren't what I was referring to.
You may call it well-designed, but I think that all those close amenities you are enjoying is a side-effect of high-density living for high-income people.
After all, no matter how well you design a place, that (for example) hairdresser still needs enough people who can afford the service to live within walking distance so that it can turn a profit.
I think it's less a case of "How do we design this city so that everything is no more than a 25m walk away?" and more a case of "High density population with lots of money attracts businesses to the area".
> There's nothing special about where I live except that it's development predates the automobile.
That's true for most places.