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[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll never forget one of the first times I visited my parents in suburbia after I had moved away to a very walkable city. I borrowed their car to go to the gym & the grocery store, which were a few miles away, but less than a block apart from each other. After finishing up at the gym, I walked across the parking lot to the car, and as I'm climbing in, I caught myself and was like, "WTF am I doing, I should just walk," so I did, but it was pretty miserable. The design of everything was just so car-centric and very unfriendly to pedestrians.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A few miles but less than a block? Was there a fence in the way or what?

[–] braindamagebuddy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think their house was a few miles away from the gym and grocery store, which were by each other.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I get it now. Dumdum moment lol

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems pretty logical. Someone in Texas vs someone in Washington during the summer sure as shit won't have the same motivation to walk around.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It has nothing to do with climate and everything to do with the built environment. Cities built for people are pleasent to walk in everywhere. Cities in hot climates that predate cars have dense construction and narrow streets, which provides shade, which makes it fine to walk.

I'm texas they do the exact opposite. Sprawling oceans of scorching asphalt with buildings so far apart they provide no shade whatsoever. Its not the climate its the built environment.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, it can be both.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago