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by b1ue64 1118 days ago
> which is why they tend to be much more expensive than less walkable suburbs.

Also there are barely any walkable neighborhoods in America

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Australia has quite a few, especially around Melbourne. And they are all the most expensive places to buy or rent. Made up for the fact you save a fortune not needing a car.
> Also there are barely any walkable neighborhoods in America

There aren't enough, a lot more walkable neighborhoods would be quite welcome.

But it's an oft-repeated exaggeration that they don't and can't exist. There are tons of walkable neighborhoods in the US. Every place I've lived in California (four) has been a very walkable. My current suburban location is extremely walkable to pretty much anything I could need (and it was built in the 1990s, so it's not some pre-car era relic).

Every major metro area in the US has walkable prisons. This myth that they don’t exist needs to fall off already.
> “Walkable prisons”

“freedom is slavery”

“ignorance is strength”

Are children not imprisoned in the suburbs because they can't drive?