Mortgages in walkable areas less likely to default.

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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.

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[quote=patb]
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.[/quote]

I go to DC all the time and I always drive.

My friend lives in the new area just one block away from the Navy Yard subway station, by the Nationals stadium (rent, of course). I drive to Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Dupont, Pentagon City, and I can easily find parking spaces. So I don’t have much incentive to take the subway which would take longer and not be as convenient.

Yes, DC has some nice walkable neighborhoods. But… the area is very large. Invariably, you need to run to Virgina, Maryland, and back, etc.. so you need to own a car.

In San Diego, you may live in North Park or Downtown, but if you have friends and family who live in Penasquitos, then you need a car, no other way around it.

In NYC you can dispense with a car altogether. Your friends likely don’t have cars either so you tend to stick together and meet up nearby. That’s what I consider walkable. But that’s just me.

[briansd1]

[quote=patb]
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.[/quote]

I go to DC all the time and I always drive.

My friend lives in the new area just one block away from the Navy Yard subway station, by the Nationals stadium (rent, of course). I drive to Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Dupont, Pentagon City, and I can easily find parking spaces. So I don’t have much incentive to take the subway which would take longer and not be as convenient.

Yes, DC has some nice walkable neighborhoods. But… the area is very large. Invariably, you need to run to Virgina, Maryland, and back, etc.. so you need to own a car.

In San Diego, you may live in North Park or Downtown, but if you have friends and family who live in Penasquitos, then you need a car, no other way around it.

In NYC you can dispense with a car altogether. Your friends likely don’t have cars either so you tend to stick together and meet up nearby. That’s what I consider walkable. But that’s just me.

[briansd1]

[quote=patb]
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.[/quote]

I go to DC all the time and I always drive.

My friend lives in the new area just one block away from the Navy Yard subway station, by the Nationals stadium (rent, of course). I drive to Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Dupont, Pentagon City, and I can easily find parking spaces. So I don’t have much incentive to take the subway which would take longer and not be as convenient.

Yes, DC has some nice walkable neighborhoods. But… the area is very large. Invariably, you need to run to Virgina, Maryland, and back, etc.. so you need to own a car.

In San Diego, you may live in North Park or Downtown, but if you have friends and family who live in Penasquitos, then you need a car, no other way around it.

In NYC you can dispense with a car altogether. Your friends likely don’t have cars either so you tend to stick together and meet up nearby. That’s what I consider walkable. But that’s just me.

[briansd1]

[quote=patb]
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.[/quote]

I go to DC all the time and I always drive.

My friend lives in the new area just one block away from the Navy Yard subway station, by the Nationals stadium (rent, of course). I drive to Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Dupont, Pentagon City, and I can easily find parking spaces. So I don’t have much incentive to take the subway which would take longer and not be as convenient.

Yes, DC has some nice walkable neighborhoods. But… the area is very large. Invariably, you need to run to Virgina, Maryland, and back, etc.. so you need to own a car.

In San Diego, you may live in North Park or Downtown, but if you have friends and family who live in Penasquitos, then you need a car, no other way around it.

In NYC you can dispense with a car altogether. Your friends likely don’t have cars either so you tend to stick together and meet up nearby. That’s what I consider walkable. But that’s just me.

[briansd1]

[quote=patb]
You are wrong. DC is eminently walkable, what you are mistaking is the Mall from the neighborhoods.[/quote]

I go to DC all the time and I always drive.

My friend lives in the new area just one block away from the Navy Yard subway station, by the Nationals stadium (rent, of course). I drive to Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Dupont, Pentagon City, and I can easily find parking spaces. So I don’t have much incentive to take the subway which would take longer and not be as convenient.

Yes, DC has some nice walkable neighborhoods. But… the area is very large. Invariably, you need to run to Virgina, Maryland, and back, etc.. so you need to own a car.

In San Diego, you may live in North Park or Downtown, but if you have friends and family who live in Penasquitos, then you need a car, no other way around it.

In NYC you can dispense with a car altogether. Your friends likely don’t have cars either so you tend to stick together and meet up nearby. That’s what I consider walkable. But that’s just me.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]

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.[/quote]

UTC as a walkable area. That comes as a surprise.

I’m sure it’s not easy to have to rely on the bus in the UTC area.

And not owning a car makes it hard to just decide to meet friends for dinner somewhere this evening on the spur of the moment.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]

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.[/quote]

UTC as a walkable area. That comes as a surprise.

I’m sure it’s not easy to have to rely on the bus in the UTC area.

And not owning a car makes it hard to just decide to meet friends for dinner somewhere this evening on the spur of the moment.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]

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.[/quote]

UTC as a walkable area. That comes as a surprise.

I’m sure it’s not easy to have to rely on the bus in the UTC area.

And not owning a car makes it hard to just decide to meet friends for dinner somewhere this evening on the spur of the moment.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]

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.[/quote]

UTC as a walkable area. That comes as a surprise.

I’m sure it’s not easy to have to rely on the bus in the UTC area.

And not owning a car makes it hard to just decide to meet friends for dinner somewhere this evening on the spur of the moment.

[briansd1]

[quote=UCGal]

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.[/quote]

UTC as a walkable area. That comes as a surprise.

I’m sure it’s not easy to have to rely on the bus in the UTC area.

And not owning a car makes it hard to just decide to meet friends for dinner somewhere this evening on the spur of the moment.

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