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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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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The fact that only 68% of respondents say a bus stop should be within a 15 minute walk of your house and only 32% say a bar says a lot about the SEC and age of the sample pool.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Who needs a gas station within walking distance? One need a gas station within 15-minutes driving.

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are bars so low? Do Americans like having to use a car when drinking?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently it's important that they can walk to a petrol station though.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

American here, the gas station is our version of the local corner store. Most places you have to drive to get to it but where I live there is one right at the entrance to the neighborhood and lots of adults/kids do walk there. I would sorely miss it if it was gone.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is bar so low?? Do people want drunk drivers? Because that’s how you get drunk drivers

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Public transportation checking in here

[–] TheDannysaur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on where you are from. For a lot of Americans, bars are super loud places that play music super loud until 2am. The concept of a "bar" has so many different applications, I think most people think of a noisy place that they'd have to deal with.

Because of car culture you often get big groups of bars all near each other, which feeds the stereotype of loud ass bar with loud ass people outside of it.

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

That sounds a bit more like a nightclub.

I'd never want to live next to a nightclub, but living next to a tavern or pub would be fine.

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

16% said "should not" to a grocery store? What?

I feel like there should be a separate question for the "I don't want anything near me" rural choice, since those might be making the rest of the responses misleading.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

They are probably carbarians whose only conception of a grocery store is a supermarket surrounded by a moat of parking. I wouldn't want one of those next to me either

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mid-sized village (around 10k inhabitants) in Germany:

  • 4 grocery stores

  • 2 pharmacies

  • Bus stop (and train station)

  • 5 or so restaurants

  • Post office

  • Bank

  • Gas station

  • Elementary school

  • 2 Kindergartens

  • 2 barber shops

  • Bar

  • Sports field (calling it an arena would be a bit much)

Alas, no university or hospital, but I think for a village it's pretty good.

[–] mayo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Missing a gym, physio, and doctors clinic.

And a library