Re:A Traditional City Primer
by VLM on Sunday July 27, 2014 @12:52PM
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Only one pix was taken during winter. No pix of commuters during precipitation. No pix were taken in hot weather (at least the majority in pants not shorts).
For the 1% or so of the worlds surface that never goes below 40F or above 70F and only rains at night, walkable architecture sounds pretty appealing.
For the other 99% of the worlds surface, as soon as economically possible for to own a car, they're going to want a car to get out of the weather.
I say this as a guy who considers hiking/backpacking and walking the neighborhood to be "recreational".
I wouldn't want my livelihood and lifestyle to depend on walking in a heat wave, a cold snap, a snow storm, a thunderstorm. Its fun for recreation but not serious stuff, like living.
For the 1% or so of the worlds surface that never goes below 40F or above 70F and only rains at night, walkable architecture sounds pretty appealing.
For the other 99% of the worlds surface, as soon as economically possible for to own a car, they're going to want a car to get out of the weather.
I say this as a guy who considers hiking/backpacking and walking the neighborhood to be "recreational".
I wouldn't want my livelihood and lifestyle to depend on walking in a heat wave, a cold snap, a snow storm, a thunderstorm. Its fun for recreation but not serious stuff, like living.