Therefore, car dependency is a given in San Diego. Only the old cities in America are truly walkable (SF, Chicago, DC, NY, Boston, Philly) where you don’t need a car.
But even DC is not really walkable because the street are so wide. The monuments are too large and not on an intimate human scale. Plus the area is a large spread out metro area. In order to get around, you still need a car, even if you don’t use it as much.[/quote]
Sorry Brian.
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.
That’s like saying “Animal Park” is quite unwalkable due to the distances to the grocery store.
Nobody lives at the monuments, heck, almost nobody works at the monuments. The monuments are meant to be Monumental.
Spend a weekend in Adams Morgan, or Northwest, or
Waterfront, then let me know.
The monuments are far apart because it tires out the tourists and keeps them far apart from each other.
