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But it is, because when you consider things proportionally, you adjust for size differences. If one city has 20 neighborhoods and 15 of them are walkable, then that city as a whole is more walkable than a city with 100 neighborhoods and 40 of them being walkable.
If we're going by percentage then I guess a city like Portsmouth NH is more walkable then cities like Chicago, Seattle, LA, NOLA, correct?
huh based what do you make that claim? have you been apt hunting in the city in the last five years? i have good luck trying to find a one bedroom for less
than 900 in the loop? and i profund confused about the lack of activty statement.
It's based on experience. No but I just left Houston this afternoon. When I say lack of activity I mean street activity. A friend and I took the metro from Fannin south to UHD to eat at Spaghetti Warehouse. There was more people than I would have thought for a Saturday night yet nowhere near as much as there should have been. It was only 6-9 o'clock but in this great weather people should have packed on Metro and elsewhere. We even stopped at MFAH (and somehow got in for free?) and the few blocks we walked around were empty. I didn't expect anything outrageous but there should have been more people out and about on a cool Saturday evening. Hermann Park was full but Midtown was very underwhelming and so was downtown.
It's based on experience. No but I just left Houston this afternoon. When I say lack of activity I mean street activity. A friend and I took the metro from Fannin south to UHD to eat at Spaghetti Warehouse. There was more people than I would have thought for a Saturday night yet nowhere near as much as there should have been. It was only 6-9 o'clock but in this great weather people should have packed on Metro and elsewhere. We even stopped at MFAH (and somehow got in for free?) and the few blocks we walked around were empty. I didn't expect anything outrageous but there should have been more people out and about on a cool Saturday evening. Hermann Park was full but Midtown was very underwhelming and so was downtown.
Really since I was out and about on friday and had to leave two restarunts for over crowding houstonstians dont wonder around, we go to the place we intend to go, midtown is way to big to have heavy foot traffic, where the bars and restraunts packed ? The same as downtown ... little foot action but the clubs can be filled up inside..
and you gave a contradicting statement you can ot say more people than I would have thought for a saturday night then say but not such as their should have been ? It conflicts
It's based on experience. No but I just left Houston this afternoon. When I say lack of activity I mean street activity. A friend and I took the metro from Fannin south to UHD to eat at Spaghetti Warehouse. There was more people than I would have thought for a Saturday night yet nowhere near as much as there should have been. It was only 6-9 o'clock but in this great weather people should have packed on Metro and elsewhere. We even stopped at MFAH (and somehow got in for free?) and the few blocks we walked around were empty. I didn't expect anything outrageous but there should have been more people out and about on a cool Saturday evening. Hermann Park was full but Midtown was very underwhelming and so was downtown.
Really since I was out and about on friday and had to leave two restarunts for over crowding houstonstians dont wonder around, we go to the place we intend to go, midtown is way to big to have heavy foot traffic, where the bars and restraunts packed ? The same as downtown ... little foot action but the clubs can be filled up inside..
and you gave a contradicting statement you can not say more people than I would have thought for a saturday night then say but not such as their should have been ? It conflicts
Its like saying" I never thought she would jump off a building , I was thought if she jumped it would be for the fifth floor not the seventh"
1. New Orleans
2. Charleston/Savannah
3. Vegas
4. Miami
Stats will show otherwise but to me cities with large land areas (i.e LA, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix) will be less walkable as a whole compared to small cities (i.e Miami, etc) which maintain good sidewalks and higher density corridors. Parts of LA are pedestrian friendly but other parts do very poorly, same can be said for the likes of Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, San Diego.
I don't see how anyone in their right mind would think Vegas is more walkable than Los Angeles or even Dallas and Houston, Atlanta, etc. One or two streets (and one that has awful pedestrian design at that) does not make a place walkable.
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Parts of LA are pedestrian friendly but other parts do very poorly
This could be said of all four cities on your list:
1. New Orleans
2. Charleston/Savannah
3. Vegas
4. Miami
New Orleans seems to be relatively pedestrian-friendly throughout, however. The others have some smaller legacy walkable areas but once you get outside of these relatively small areas, it's all typical southern sprawl (which is leagues less walkable than typical western sprawl).
Really since I was out and about on friday and had to leave two restarunts for over crowding houstonstians dont wonder around, we go to the place we intend to go, midtown is way to big to have heavy foot traffic, where the bars and restraunts packed ? The same as downtown ... little foot action but the clubs can be filled up inside..
and you gave a contradicting statement you can not say more people than I would have thought for a saturday night then say but not such as their should have been ? It conflicts
Its like saying" I never thought she would jump off a building , I was thought if she jumped it would be for the fifth floor not the seventh"
Spaghetti Warehouse was packed too but we managed to get a table by the bar. Restaurants everywhere are packed on weekends. This has nothing to do with pedestrian activity. It's not too big, it's too spread out. Main St should have at least 10-15 different venues. There should be more cafe's and places with outdoor seating, etc.
That's not a contradiction, I didn't expect to see as many people as I did, yet it wasn't enough people as you would think for such a large city. No conflict there.
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