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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  • Kagan MacTane (he/him)@wandering.shop
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    10 months ago

    @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I’m kind of sad that “cafe”, “bookstore”, and “library” aren’t even on this list at all. 😢

    I would honestly have to do a web search to find out where the nearest elementary school, day care, and gas station are, but I’d be stunned if I didn’t have those within 15 minutes. As it is, I do have everything else, including a university and a sports arena, and *two* malls. (I’m in between the Barclays Center and Long Island University in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NYC.)

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I’m not sure what counts as a cafe or not, but most likely have several. Like it or not, bookstores have mostly disappeared. I do have one about 25 minutes walk but really think it’s an aberration.

      Yeah, libraries deserve so much more attention than they get. We have a really nice old fashioned one an easy walk, that does a great job of supporting the community, but I don’t know if many people really use it. It’s actually the first place we let our kids walk home alone from, when they were little. Of course now I’m probably a detractor, using their resources for ebooks without visiting much anymore

    • uis@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Bar counts as cafe I guess.

      and *two* malls.

      Lucky. I have not one, not two, but fucking 8 malls! Anthough one of them specializes in construction, second in electronics and furniture and third only in furniture. Who need so much furniture I have no idea.

      As you can guess there were no major improvements for last 30 years and a lot of stuff fell in disrepair.