Mortgages in walkable areas less likely to default.

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[quote=briansd1]
I don’t know anyone in San Diego who is gainfully employed and doesn’t own a car. That says a lot about walkability in San Diego. If you have a good job, good income and don’t need to own a car, then I’d say that you live a walkable area.
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I know two families.
both live and work in the UTC area. When they need a car they use zipcar.

For them, it works. They picked their neighborhood for the infrastructure of public transit, groceries, etc.

but I’ll admit – it’s pretty darn unusual.

[patb]

[quote=briansd1]

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.

[patb]

[quote=briansd1]

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.

[patb]

[quote=briansd1]

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.

[patb]

[quote=briansd1]

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.

[patb]

[quote=briansd1]

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.

[j]

I think the sample may be skewed. I do not see anything about Las Vegas, Miami, or San Diego condos.

[j]

I think the sample may be skewed. I do not see anything about Las Vegas, Miami, or San Diego condos.

[j]

I think the sample may be skewed. I do not see anything about Las Vegas, Miami, or San Diego condos.

[j]

I think the sample may be skewed. I do not see anything about Las Vegas, Miami, or San Diego condos.

[j]

I think the sample may be skewed. I do not see anything about Las Vegas, Miami, or San Diego condos.

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Walkable to me is not desireable. I want to have a couple acres and drive my gas guzzling SUV to work everyday, by myself.

I have friends in DC and Manhatten have spent weeks visiting both. I could not live that way. Like too many rats in a cage, all those people in one place, kinda freaks me out. Fun to go visit, but to live, no thanks.

Currently I carpool and rent an attached home in Carlsbad. Very nice, plus I can wave to my neighbors from all the windows. They are very friendly and often wave back. They even call my landlord to let her know my dog barked.

[treehugger]

Walkable to me is not desireable. I want to have a couple acres and drive my gas guzzling SUV to work everyday, by myself.

I have friends in DC and Manhatten have spent weeks visiting both. I could not live that way. Like too many rats in a cage, all those people in one place, kinda freaks me out. Fun to go visit, but to live, no thanks.

Currently I carpool and rent an attached home in Carlsbad. Very nice, plus I can wave to my neighbors from all the windows. They are very friendly and often wave back. They even call my landlord to let her know my dog barked.

[treehugger]

Walkable to me is not desireable. I want to have a couple acres and drive my gas guzzling SUV to work everyday, by myself.

I have friends in DC and Manhatten have spent weeks visiting both. I could not live that way. Like too many rats in a cage, all those people in one place, kinda freaks me out. Fun to go visit, but to live, no thanks.

Currently I carpool and rent an attached home in Carlsbad. Very nice, plus I can wave to my neighbors from all the windows. They are very friendly and often wave back. They even call my landlord to let her know my dog barked.

[treehugger]

Walkable to me is not desireable. I want to have a couple acres and drive my gas guzzling SUV to work everyday, by myself.

I have friends in DC and Manhatten have spent weeks visiting both. I could not live that way. Like too many rats in a cage, all those people in one place, kinda freaks me out. Fun to go visit, but to live, no thanks.

Currently I carpool and rent an attached home in Carlsbad. Very nice, plus I can wave to my neighbors from all the windows. They are very friendly and often wave back. They even call my landlord to let her know my dog barked.

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