• teletext@reddthat.com
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    1 day ago

    This sounds like a guy who is upset that he doesn’t live in a walkable city so he comes up reasons why it’s bad to live in one but due to lack of walkability experience just fucks the arguments and then looks stupid.

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      18 hours ago

      I am assuming thats in reference to me? If not then im not sure what your comment is getting at. I didn’t say anything bad about living in a walkable city. I do live in a walkable city. We have public transport though so I usually just take the bus to work.

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        13 hours ago

        You said that the reason is because they can not afford a car. But when you live in a walkable city, you do not need one. It is more of a detriment since you still need to store it somewhere and pay taxes on it, even when you don’t use it.

        So yes, you were attacking being able to live in a walkable city.

        You saying you live in one now just makes you look like a hypocrite.

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          9 hours ago

          Nah lil bro, you misunderstood. I never said he couldn’t afford a car. I claimed he didn’t own one. I suggest reading comments more carefully and not trying to jump to conclusions.

      • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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        I don’t think there’s a significant correlation between walkable cities and higher real estate prices. There are plenty of unwalkable cities with high real estate prices and vice versa. That’s more a product of a large number of factors, from average income to density to quality of education and beyond. Walkability could be one of those, but I am doubtful it is a primary one, at least in the US.

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        Rent is 300/mo/2bd here. 2 grociers and a market are 5 minutes by bike. You can park within a few feet of your destination because of how dense parking bikes is. This is the 6th city I’ve stayed in where this is true, more if you’re a little looser with the requirements.