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Related to recent cyburbia discussions about the importance of having destinations within a walkable distance if you want to encourage people to walk more often, and also to get some idea of the places we live in, i thought I'd ask:
what can you walk to within 5 minutes walk (or 400 metres) from your home? Do you walk to some of these places, and if not, why not?
For myself, within 5 minutes walk of home, I can reach a dairy (=corner store?), a high school, a university, a hospital, a public park, a fish & chip shop (a kiwi essential), a couple of cafes, several bus stops, a chinese takeaway bar... hey i think i like my new neighbourhood! It's in an older part of the city. I walk to some of these things but have to cross a busy 5-lane intersection to get to the food outlets, which is annoying, but at least there is a pedestrian signal.
What can you walk to? What do you walk to?
what can you walk to within 5 minutes walk (or 400 metres) from your home? Do you walk to some of these places, and if not, why not?
For myself, within 5 minutes walk of home, I can reach a dairy (=corner store?), a high school, a university, a hospital, a public park, a fish & chip shop (a kiwi essential), a couple of cafes, several bus stops, a chinese takeaway bar... hey i think i like my new neighbourhood! It's in an older part of the city. I walk to some of these things but have to cross a busy 5-lane intersection to get to the food outlets, which is annoying, but at least there is a pedestrian signal.
What can you walk to? What do you walk to?