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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?

#fuckcars #walkability #urbanism #UrbanPlanning @fuck_cars #walking

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[–] forteller@tutoteket.no 1 points 1 year ago

@ajsadauskas @wesley @fuck_cars They ask about park, but I think they should also ask about running water https://tutoteket.no/@forteller/111931813852899136

[–] rusl@mstdn.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I can walk to all of these under 15 minutes except five of them that are all near the bottom of the list.

[–] ja_herre@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ajsadauskas
I have all of that within a 350 meters radius from my home but a hospital, a shopping mall, a sports arena and a movie theater. Although i have 3 regular theaters within that same radius, and the university being that close is, admitedly, a bit of luck.
That's downtown Buenos Aires for you.
In 15 minutes i have multiple options for hospital and movie theaters, but still no luck for sports arenas and shopping malls. Although being far away from any shopping mall is actually for the better imo.

@fuck_cars

[–] JoTamar@aus.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars if I make it a 20 min radius, then it's everything except sports arena and university, and there are multiples of both not much further than that.

If I keep it strictly to 15 mins, all I lose is the shopping mall and movie theatre.

I live where I live very much because I can have a walkable (slash cyclable slash public transportable) life.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I only have 1, a park, and technically not a park it's a trail and you have to go on a dangerous road with no sidewalk to get there.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Imagine if that gas station ⛽ could also be a kindergarten 😁! Your neighborhood would totally rock!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I've got 14, 15 if I switch university with a trades school (which is much more important to a semi rural town of 7k)

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can reach half of them by foot and the other half by public transit in a similar amount of time. Sweden here obviously lol

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

None of them because there are no sidewalks

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