"What do you consider "walking distance"" Mon Dec-08-14 10:54 AM by John Forte
In blocks, miles or minutes
I think there's a Target within walking distance of our house. My wife disagrees. It's .8 miles away or about 10 blocks. 15 blocks or less is walking distance (although I understand not wanting to walk it every day). Basically, if it takes you longer to wait for and ride the bus or train, it's walking distance.
11. "Yeah, the weather plays a factor here too" In response to Reply # 9
I don't do much walking like that in the summer. In the summer, I'm gonna be sweating within 5-10 minutes of walking. But this time of year, I can go a good ways with no problem.
10. "Varies by extremes of heat/ cold" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Dec-08-14 11:16 AM by lfresh
Cold usually if it's heavy rain or snow Then it's too much and I'll barely walk a block Otherwise I'm fine with cold A mile or two in 30/40 degree I warm up while walking
But heat? Heat can suck a big one Walking distance is a block for heat if it's 80 or above ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
23. "This is pretty much my exact scale" In response to Reply # 10
I don't know why having a total stranger on the internet with the same standards for this is so appealing, but there it is. Thanks.
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17. "I refuse to live more than 6 minutes away from a subway. " In response to Reply # 0 Mon Dec-08-14 11:45 AM by Goldmind
In warm weather, walking distance is 15 minutes. In the cold, it is 4 minutes or less (and preferably less -- I detest walking in the cold more than anything else in life). I currently live 2 blocks away from the subway, and during the winter, it feels like 2 blocks too many.
31. "Oh lawd, don't remind me. Owning a car in wintertime NJ was the worst." In response to Reply # 29
The scraping of the ice, the waiting for the car to warm up, the shoveling, the driving on icy roads. It was miserable and the process took much longer than my current 4-minute walk to the subway.
I prefer living in a city with comprehensive public transportation, for sure. But my dream is to live in a city with no winters at all. I wish could bring the MTA to Miami or New Orleans
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19. "Anything under 3 miles." In response to Reply # 0
I became a walker when I traded the countryside for the city and sold my car... pretty much walk everywhere unless I'm going to work (that extra 30 minutes in bed is tooooo valuable) or the city's threatening to go Atlantis on me.
22. "its more about lighting, temperature, ppl on the street" In response to Reply # 0
whether theres a sidewalk or not, etc rather than distance. about 8 mins is the furthest point in my neighborhood i walk, down to the park where they have summer concerts. but i wouldn't walk it in the middle of the night...
that's the average. Anything over that I can do but that's not a typical walking trip, that's exercise lol.
Anything under a mile automatically is walking distance, a mile is a 15 min walk on average (can be shorter but I like to lollygag). At my old place I walked to Target all the time and it was about a little less than one mile (.75 or so).
34. "depends on the aesthetics of the area & weather " In response to Reply # 0
i wld not want to walk to target bc it is strip mall central and gross
>In blocks, miles or minutes > >I think there's a Target within walking distance of our house. >My wife disagrees. It's .8 miles away or about 10 blocks. 15 >blocks or less is walking distance (although I understand not >wanting to walk it every day). Basically, if it takes you >longer to wait for and ride the bus or train, it's walking >distance.
i mean i give a fck but i don't give that much of a fck
43. "in nyc 1 mile...in bk around the crib?? half a block." In response to Reply # 0
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44. "up to 2 miles with no hills." In response to Reply # 0
out here there are stores really close (within a mile) to me but due to the presence of stupid ass steep ass hills i be driving and don't feel bad about it
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