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Miami has a higher walkscore than Philadelphia which is laughable. Miami is nowhere near as urban or walkable as Philly.
They have Miami at the same number as DC and Chicago which I find hysterical. I have long history in all three and Miami isn’t near these two cities let alone Philadelphia as walkable cities. Every time my family from Miami visits me in DC, they talk about how people like to walk around up here.
How is Miami not sunbelt? Miami is the epitome of sunbelt. It’s dense but it isn’t anything but sunbelt.
Sunbelt in climate, yes, but Miami is highly a-typical for sunbelt cities. It is dense, walkable, and very, very vertical in its core areas. This is why Miami and Miami Beach have extremely high walk scores (whether the scores are as high as in a great old walking city like Philly is legitimately open to debate). And while far from perfect, Greater Miami's, indeed the entire Southland's public transit network far exceeds those of fellow sunbelt cities.
Look around even in the State of Florida: at places like Jacksonville, Daytona, Orlando, and Tampa-St. Pete-- far more typical sprawly sunbelt cities. That's not to say there isn't sprawl in Greater Miami... there is, but it is far more linear -- mainly up the coast along the I-95 (and now Brightline - Tri-Rail corridor). And with amazing dense/tight/transit-oriented retail/residential walking districts like Brickell, South Miami and, yes, even South Beach, there is far more kinetic urban energy than in the typical Jacksonville-San Antonio-Houston sprawly-unfocused metro cities.
Miami is more walkable than Atlanta including Midtown Atlanta. If you reduce Atlanta to one neighborhood, you may as well do the same to Miami. There’s a good number of areas in Miami/Miami Beach that are more walkable than Midtown Atlanta. City wide and Metro wise, Miami destroys Atlanta at being walkable. On the MSA wide note, Miami benefits from being basically a straight line. So tri rail and bright line connect most of the major cities in SoFlo.
Miami is more walkable than Atlanta including Midtown Atlanta. If you reduce Atlanta to one neighborhood, you may as well do the same to Miami. There’s a good number of areas in Miami/Miami Beach that are more walkable than Midtown Atlanta. City wide and Metro wise, Miami destroys Atlanta at being walkable. On the MSA wide note, Miami benefits from being basically a straight line. So tri rail and bright line connect most of the major cities in SoFlo.
Brickell resembles a vertical suburb on many blocks, with huge gated and fenced off lawn dead zones. Several blocks west of Biscayne density drops like a rock in many places. Midtown Atlanta is much more urban and cohesive than much of Miami, and MARTA destroys Metrorail in ridership.
Brickell resembles a vertical suburb on many blocks, with huge gated and fenced off lawn dead zones. Several blocks west of Biscayne density drops like a rock in many places. Midtown Atlanta is much more urban and cohesive than much of Miami, and MARTA destroys Metrorail in ridership.
Sure, but again, like Shenard, you’re conveniently picking neighborhoods. Buckhead certainly fits the “vertical suburb” description more than Brickell. Basically, the entire city of Miami Beach is more walkable than all of Atlanta. Atleast everything south of Dade Blvd.
Cohesive? Sure. You’ll catch some oddly placed structures in the middle of very urban neighborhoods. Being that Atlanta isn’t a very walkable city, this doesn’t affect how they rank against eachother.
Sure, but again, like Shenard, you’re conveniently picking neighborhoods. Buckhead certainly fits the “vertical suburb” description more than Brickell. Basically, the entire city of Miami Beach is more walkable than all of Atlanta. Atleast everything south of Dade Blvd.
Cohesive? Sure. You’ll catch some oddly placed structures in the middle of very urban neighborhoods. Being that Atlanta isn’t a very walkable city, this doesn’t affect how they rank against eachother.
Miami Beach is on a different plane than Miami. Miami isn't as urban as it thinks it is in many places.
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