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James said:
Isn't that new urbanism?
For the most part, yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_urbanism
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Andrew Hall
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Walker said:
For the most part, yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_urbanismI think the New New Urbanism is creating an urban environment from ... nothing.
There’s not much in Piscataquis County, Maine – at least not much that’s human (there are plenty of trees and lots of moose). With just 17,535 residents, it’s one of the most sparsely populated counties east of the Mississippi, with fewer than six inhabitants per square mile.
Which makes it a perfect setting for a densely settled car-free village. At least, that’s what Tracy Gayton thinks.
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MichaelC
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The New York Times highlighted the growth of the value of real estate in walkable neighborhoods by including a paragraph on the Short North.
In Columbus, Ohio, the highest housing values recorded by Zillow in 1996 were in the suburb of Worthington, where prices were 135 percent higher than in the struggling neighborhood of Short North, adjacent to the city’s center. Today, Short North housing values are 30 percent higher than those of Worthington, and downtown Columbus has the highest housing values in that metropolitan area.
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mrpoppinzs
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That article seems to imply suburban attributes to Worthington that would make it read as fitting into some stereotype of an unwalkable suburb. It is a good deal larger and more diverse than the Short North with varying degrees of walkability and building stock. These types of pseudo-studies seem very generic and overly simplistic.
I prefer the more traditional infotainment ones that list the 10 best libraries to pick up hot chicks.
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lifeontwowheels
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mrpoppinzs said:
That article seems to imply suburban attributes to Worthington that would make it read as fitting into some stereotype of an unwalkable suburb. It is a good deal larger and more diverse than the Short North with varying degrees of walkability and building stock. These types of pseudo-studies seem very generic and overly simplistic.I prefer the more traditional infotainment ones that list the 10 best libraries to pick up hot chicks.
Pretty clearly labeled as an opinion piece from the start.
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mrpoppinzs
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Live Large in Small Houses
Posted August 14, 2012In my neighborhood, a simple drive down a major street reveals startling changes from block to block. One moment, I'm driving through an area dense with multifamily housing units, the next I'm walking through a peaceful meadow where a sprawling home takes over much of the land.
READ MORE: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/ccjao/57836/live-large-small-housesPosted 9 months ago # -
tdziemia
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THe idea that Americans are valuing something other than size of home is pure bullshit in my opinion.
The average size of new homes being purchased has been on a steady rise for the last 45 years. It dips during each recession, then takes off again.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/us_home_size_preferences_final.html
In my opinion, the ONLY reason for this to change is because the baby boomers have some sense of their mortality and have stopped buying McMansions.
Behavior is determined from facts, not from opinion polls.
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The disturbing and sometimes tragic challenge of walking in America
Posted January 16, 2013
In much of America, walking – that most basic and human method of movement, and the one most important to our health – is all but impossible. Maybe not literally impossible, but inconvenient at best, and tragically dangerous way too often.
READ MORE: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/the_disturbing_and_sometimes_t.htmlPosted 4 months ago # -
stephentszuter
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The disturbing and sometimes tragic challenge of walking in America
Posted January 16, 2013In much of America, walking – that most basic and human method of movement, and the one most important to our health – is all but impossible. Maybe not literally impossible, but inconvenient at best, and tragically dangerous way too often.
READ MORE: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/the_disturbing_and_sometimes_t.htmlSome of these stories about pedestrians getting hit and charged with interfering with traffic remind me of the stories I hear about from the Middle East, when a woman is raped and she is charged for being a victim of rape...
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gramarye
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tdziemia said:
THe idea that Americans are valuing something other than size of home is pure bullshit in my opinion.The average size of new homes being purchased has been on a steady rise for the last 45 years. It dips during each recession, then takes off again.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/us_home_size_preferences_final.html
In my opinion, the ONLY reason for this to change is because the baby boomers have some sense of their mortality and have stopped buying McMansions.
Behavior is determined from facts, not from opinion polls.
I like it how you took a few facts then used them to create you're own opinion not really based on facts. The information you provided even shows that the size of houses has been declining. And somehow you argue against this because of the trend line over 45 years??? I think everyone here is talking about what Americans want in this decade not 4 decades ago.
Furthermore Americans have been in large part moving back to urban areas and increasingly living in rental housing which is usually much smaller. The only housing being built lately is luxury housing which tends to be bigger. So regardless of what the average home size is doing that doesn't account for where the average American is living, and that's in smaller housing.
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GCrites80s
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david161
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While all the construction of apartments in and around downtown is great, the idea of more people wanting to live in a walkable neighborhood over a big house is a stretch. Just look at the numbers for Columbus. Almost 1.9 million people live in the Columbus metro area. 780,000 live in Columbus. Guessing that at least half of the people that live in Columbus do not live in a walkable neighborhood, that leaves at most 400,000 people in Columbus live in a walkable neighborhood. Add another 100,000 for those that live in walkable areas of the suburbs and you get half a million out of 1.9 million people living in a walkable neighborhood. If you keep the big east coast cities, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco out of the discussion, most Americans live in rural or suburban areas, not walkable neighborhoods.
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Big_Ford_Country84
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After 8 years of asking for sidewalks near Indian Mound Rec center we finally got one along Obetz road from High st to Parsons. We still need more done along Parsons and Williams rd. So many people walk down here but usually most of us have to walk in the road and risk being hit. I hope Columbus gets with it updating the city sidewalk plans. Then people can really walk the neighborhood. And it would really be nice if they don't just focus where the money is, but where the need is. Now to say that the Columbus Southland is a close walkable area would be wrong, but it is getting better. It is nice to have the choice rather than being forced to drive your car to get there.
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