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submitted 10 months ago by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

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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[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Disappointingly I only have the grocery store within that distance, and it's a Walmart with no sidewalk for a stretch of that walk... But back to that list... Why would you need a gas station within walking distance? Am I walking with my car Flintstones style?

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Most gas stations come with convenience stores, and I’d imagine people would want to walk there to get quick snacks, munchies, and beer. Some (like Wawa and Kwik Trip) can be surprisingly nice, even featuring hot meals, free ATMs, and basic groceries.

I know they could have specified “convenience store” but most people’s experience with convenience stores is at gas stations, and it seems like a lot of the ones without gas stations are sketchy/alcohol-focused, or are ethnic stores with weird groceries.

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 10 months ago

Oh my god, just imagine if there were hospitals every 15 minutes <3

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[-] Perfide@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

8 of these if a Dollar general counts as a grocery store, otherwise 7.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

As an Englishman, I counted 8 of these.

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[-] maegul@hachyderm.io 3 points 10 months ago

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars

In pretty central … all of them except I think a gas station.

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[-] TomasHelleberg@mastodon.nu 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@ajsadauskas in Umeå Sweden near campus I fall short of bank office whatever that is.. a movie theater and a gas station (it closed).

Such a list should have more focus on work places.. not only have "service", if we want o limit traffic :) Even though hospital and university has a lot of staff.

Office complex, hotels, branches of government etc.

@fuck_cars

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[-] ansiz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Living in a rural town, I just wish I had sidewalks. I could probably walk to a local hospital within 15 minutes. 30 minutes would get me a lot of stuff on that list but there are zero sidewalks for any of that.

[-] Entertainmeonly 3 points 10 months ago

I feel a bit lucky looking at this. I live in the middle of the US and I have the first 9 listed within a 15 min walking distance. I live in a rather large town though too and I'm smack in the middle of that.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Surprised shooting ranges aren't on this list.

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[-] markstos@urbanists.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I built free software to quantify amenity categories within a 10-min walk:

https://mark.stosberg.com/new-software-to-calculate-walk-potential-for-cities/

My default categories:

- Arts / cultural space
- Bank / ATM
- Bar / pub
- Barber
- Bike shop
- Bus stop / Rail Station
- Café / Tea Shop
- Car share station
- Community center / place of worship
- Daycare
- Fitness or Sports Center
- Grocery store
- Hardware store
- Laundromat
- Library
- Liquor / cannabis store
- Park
- Pharmacy
- Restaurant
- School
- Retail / boutique

[-] vojel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Seeing that those surveys exist does not really motivate me to ever visit the US besides the big cities. I literally have most of these in 15 to 30 minutes by foot or public transport. Wow.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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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[-] ilumium@eupolicy.social 2 points 10 months ago

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars In a Brussels suburb we've got all of those things within max 15min walking except a gas station, a sports arena and a movie theatre.

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