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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I have all of this in a 15 minute walk of my apartment. The key thing, if people would like all of this very close by is they will need many fold more apartment buildings.
That's the thing people aren't willing to accept in the US.
Also who tf really needs the post office that close by, these days? Makes me think this was an older crowd that was polled.
Same for all of these except a movie theater and that post office.
I work irregular hours so I have any online orders delivered to pickup points I can go grab them from at my convenience.
Post offices in my area have been closing down, and having to walk further and further to my "local" office when picking up parcels has been infuriating over the last few years.
Yes, the automated ones are showing up in local grocers and it has helped, but having to go pick up several kilos of cat litter from the other side of town instead of next door when the delivery gets re-routed due to the pickup machine being full, is not nice.
It doesn't have to be high rise apartments though. Duplexes, quadplexes, small apartment buildings, row houses, and so on can increase density without huge buildings (although I don't mind them personally).
@vividspecter @wolfpack86 Even three or four stories of apartments above the shops, instead of... Just a roof.
The area i live generally maxes out at 5 stories. You don't need towers, but duplexes aren't going to be enough to get the density needed to have the full listing of services in a walking distance.
I've had packages that went to the post office instead of my apartment, and I had to go pick them up. Having it nearby worked out better.
Any number of businesses could enroll as a pickup point for packages in a walkable city. They don't need to be sending points, only pickup.
This model works pretty well where I live.
@wolfpack86 @ajsadauskas plenty of people send some number of parcels, and a large % of businesses do too. So they are pretty important.
@LovesTha @wolfpack86 They're also important because if Australia Post can't deliver your parcel, you need to pick it up from your local post office.
With more people buying and selling things online than ever, a local post office is more important than ever for parcels, even as it's become less important for mail.