[dfwgator]

Yes, because packing us all into Soviet-style apartments is so much better. /s

[central_va]

Walkable = CCW

[Jim Noble]

Inaccessible to flash mobs is going to add value, very soon.

[MichaelP]

What they wish ain't what they get... People live where they do for a reason. If you make the cost of gas prohibitive, they will find alternatives, but they won't move... (Any politician who is connected with $4.00 plus gas prices ain't gonna last anyway. Even Democrats like living where they do!)

Mike

[Paladin2]

Having more land is a good thing to guard against neighbors attempting hegemony with the assistance of the gov't over what one can do with one's own property.

Some people were just not meant to live like 'rats.

[EyeGuy]

Get to the point Gregor.

All you are predicting here is a continuance of the crippling and destructive environmental fascism that current dominates energy issues in the USSA.

There is PLENTY of energy to be harvested in the USA alone for INTELLIGENT people to drive 400 HP SUVS at will for the next 500 years.

[tosh]

Also, the author neglects to mention the increasing viability of working from home due to technology that would negate any rising transportation costs for many Americans.

I am on a project where I worked strictly from home. I was on the same project 5 years ago, and traveled back and forth to NYC from Pittsburgh.

[know-the-law]

“Agenda 21”

[ILS21R]

If I wanted America to fail...

[Pilated]

Yes it is easier to control masses of people when they are packed in city type compounds. No Thanks I live in the sticks and will stay there.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Walkable cities are very nice indeed, and I’ve been fortunate to live in several of them: Boston, New York, San Francisco and now my present city, Portland.

That, plus his asinine pedantic graphic, is all I needed to add this fool to my “ignore forever” list.

[albie]

Anybody whos says...”Walkable cities are very nice indeed, and I’ve been fortunate to live in several of them: Boston, New York, San Francisco and now my present city, Portland.” is a flaming lib.

[pabianice]

>>If there’s one asset the world has little use for, it’s an American single family home priced above 250K, reachable only by car.

How many homes are reachable by air, doofus? Sounds like an ad for the futuristic but laughably incapable Terrafugia, which most recently flew for eight entire minutes and reached an altitude of 1400 feet.

[Texas resident]

Typical commie lib.
Mass transit for all.
Cubicle apartments for all.

except them.

[pabianice]

Re. "walkable cities." Another Liberal pipe dream. Boston has tried it for years. Just try getting around in down town Boston. Driving? Forget it. The T? Filthy, crime-ridden, and undependable. Walk? Sure, if you don't mind walking a mile or more each way in Boston's climate. I haven't seen this many discredited, LSD-inspired pipe dreams since I left Amherst.

The only truth in this article is that home prices will not soon recover to pre-2008 levels.

[EyeGuy]

Walkable cities are very nice indeed, and I’ve been fortunate to live in several of them: Boston, New York, San Francisco and now my present city, Portland

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Most Americans have a strong aversion to living in your, “walkable”, overrated “hip”, liberal sh!tholes. We feel “fortunate” to not go anywhere near them.

Oh, and lose the poseur cigarette holder. It might be difficult, as it is likely scoring you major fairy points, as the the latest cool accessorization for smarmy, condescending EuroQueers.

[ctdonath2]

Doesn't matter if the world has a use for it.

I have a use for MINE. And the world does have a use for what I produce (blood analyzer software); a nice house is a fair use of the profits.

[outofsalt]

Average Price In New York City
$ 977/sq.feet!
I can drive a lot of miles for ONE sq/ft!

[chimera]

I think the nice thing about the country we have been bequeathed by our progenitors is that we have the choice to live where and how we choose (within reasonable rules). I grew up in a very bucolic small town (village) in Central NJ and could not imagine a happier childhood. Others prefer the ambiance and energy of city life. It has been the case in the past (although we're slowly losing it) that you could work hard and acquire the means to live in the place you wanted. Your choice. That should not be taken away. It sounds corny, but I like the one verse from the song about “Simple Gifts”: and each day we walk on the path that we choose, ‘tis a gift we pray we never shall lose.

[ctdonath2]

Walkable cities are very nice indeed

Would my allocated housing unit include 0.5 acre* of land, 1/3rd forest, a private pond and play area, garden space, 2000 sq ft living space, 3 bedrooms, and fireplace? These are my non-negotiable minimums, and the cheapest implementation thereof is "reachable only by car" and costs around $250k.

My target configuration is >20 acres (my family's FAIR share of world land mass), half forest, large pond & play field, 1+ acre garden & 1+ acre livestock (so we can be SELF SUFFICIENT on food), 4000 sq ft living space (just 0.5% of our FAIR share of land), 1 bedroom per family member (arrangement leaving 1 for guests), 2 wood stoves, well, cistern, and solar/wind electricity augmentation.

"Walkable" sacrifices any semblance of self-sufficiency, to wit SUSTAINABILITY. My target is SUSTAINABLE, a self-sufficient unit not negatively impacting anyone.