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?
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What’s the point in being able to walk to a gas station anyway?
I don’t think I’ve ever done that in the 30 years or so that I’ve visited them.
But don’t walk to the bar. You definitely want to drive there.
Most gas stations also serve as small shops. I can understand the desire to have one nearby when you don’t have the language to describe a bodega or corner store.
Yup here in Canada the gas station or “co-op” is the hub of a small town. It’s where you get your mail, groceries, snacks, smokes, pizza and sandwiches, farm supplies, and lean up against the counter and drink coffee and chat with the neighbours and staff. Oh yeah and they have gas, but you’d better move your truck before you pour your coffee or the next guy who needs gas is gonna be pissed at you.
I have spent far more time socializing at gas stations than bars. See the example “Corner Gas”
Note that aside from the “park” which you could call “everywhere around here”, I am 2 hours of highway travel away from everything on the list. Except the gas station, which is a half-hour drive on gravel/dirt roads.
Needless to say I can see how fuckcars appeals to city folk, but there is no other practical transportation system for us farmers who live way out here. Without a vehicle, you will actually die. I like to go visit my city friends and walk to the bar, though :D
Yeah, gas stations kind of covers the convenience/grocery store need. I like the ones that feel like the store is the main business, and gas is the side hustle.
Probably people don’t want to live near a bar because of the other side effects, like drunken people and noise issues. But yeah walk it transit to the bar is the way
15 minutes away? That’s almost up to a mile!
I have 8 or 10 bars within 5 minutes walk and there’s zero noise or other detectable influence. I get more inconvenience from the churches 3 minutes walk away.
I didn’t say they were right, but I can imagine that’s why a lot of them put that.
There’s a local bar near me that was trying to get a zoning variance to replace their surface parking lot with outdoor seating and a bunch of people who lived nearby showed up to complain about “noise”. It’s pretty ridiculous we require parking for a bar at all to be honest.
I never seen a bar with huge bells inside, though it might be interesting experience “Yo the bells are ringing, time to go get drunk”
Do you drive FROM there?
I’m probably like a 5 minute walk, so I make the trip to my gas station mainly for drunk munches or to re-up alcohol. Mainly the 7-11 part of the gas station.
So, wouldn’t “Convenience Store” be a better category? My 7-11 is the second closest convenience store: it does NOT include a gas station but is closer to one, and more important for walking