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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by seanhunter on Thursday August 01, 2024 @03:05AM (#41126811)
This is definitely not my experience in Austin. I was only there for a week but I stayed downtown and walked just about everywhere and there were always lots of other people that I could see walking also. They have a lot of walking paths (eg near the river) so it never felt strange and I had no encounters with law enforcement. I would say the downtown area of Austin is more walkable than some other US cities in my experience.

But I note that you're saying "Near" downtown Austin so I guess it depends where you were maybe?

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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by kmarc on Friday August 02, 2024 @10:11AM (#41138944)
Indeed it wasn't in the very centre.

However, I do remember a night, when we went out with colleagues, and from one place we were to switch to another, it was less than a mile away. We stepped outside, and one of the colleagues were looking for a taxi / checking Lyft already; we, the visitors, didn't understand; are we really gonna wait and then squeeze in a car, instead of walking 10 minutes?!

We eventually walked, and it was perfectly safe (and lively) at that time of the night.

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