Quote Originally Posted by worthy cook View Post
I disagree, café. along with redoing Covell in the area that have put in new sidewalks along both sides of the road that feed into the surrounding neighborhoods as well. so you can walk to all those places if you want. depends on how much time you have.

but the real issue is that you can put a sidewalk or a new sidewalk anywhere in the city connecting everything making it all "walkable," but most people will still want to drive. if its stupid cold outside or stupid hot, Im driving. If not, ill contemplate a walk.
Why would you WANT to walk in most parts of the city? There is no good reason for it. Now, if goods and services are nearby and the walk is safe, rewarding and interesting, many more people WOULD walk, if even only occasionally. Good suburban development can involve planned proximity to those goods and services. When done well, it provides a small-town feel where you can walk out of your house, stroll past your neighbors' homes for a block or two, turn a corner and be smack dab in the middle of an attractive commercial area where you can buy essentials, grab coffee or lunch, say hi to your neighbors, stroll around (because it is appealing to do so) and walk back home. OR you can hop in your car, drive onto a feeder road, hit an expressway and be anywhere else in town. That is a GOOD SUBurban experience that - for the most part - we don't even OFFER in this city. This is a quality of life amenity that is nonexistent here.

OUR suburban experience mostly involves, as you say, driving everyplace. If you are stupid enough to try to walk somewhere you will generally have to walk through endless streets and cul-de-sacs until you emerge on a feeder road that is really more like an expressway, only to find that you are a mile (or miles) from the services you are looking for. No WONDER everyone prefers to drive...