If you live in LA you'll need to go over at least one highway.

Edit: ITT many Americans telling me of how walkable and great their towns are. I'm happy for you but comrades, I've been to the US once and that was on a trip I won in high school so don't expect me to know the zoning plan of Providence, Wisconsin Pop. 235'489. I don't really care how lovely your city with two buslines is. For every Seattle or Chicago there are 34 Cincinnatis, Houstons and Las Vagases and approx. 234 exurbs and suburbs.

  • foolie [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The “worst” apartment/neighborhood I’ve lived in was the only one where I could walk to a corner store. Just a ghetto gas station, but still. I wonder how many people from my socio-economic strata would consider that proximity to be distasteful, rather than convenient and interesting. And how much the lack of cars matters in the viability of such businesses near to low-income housing.

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm in an area where theres a lot of apartments built over very useless specialty stores and expensive restaurants. So you get the "walkability" look without anywhere good to walk to and highways all around. I could see the mall but it'd take an hour walk.

      I recently moved to a place where I can walk to a corner store that sells beans, onions, rice, and other basics. As well as a deli that sells a bunch of cuts of meat. It's been life changing.