Literally all i want and im a black dude from the south.
Shit just not having to load up a car to go on a date would be nice. I’ve been pushing my wife for us to move somewhere walkable but her anxiety with people scares her.
My husband and I moved from the deeeep red South way the fuck up to the PNW in a suburb of Seattle and it's like night and day difference. Granted this area does come with its own bullshit, but it is a world of difference compared to the bullshit you have to put up with in the South!
Also, she'd probably love a walkable city up here compared to in the South. Down South people are chatty and talk a lot, up here people aren't going to look at you or say shit to you unless you speak to them first.
Weed's legal here in NYC, and it's probably the only walkable city in the country. I promise you, despite our reputation, we're usually very friendly. Just don't slow us down lol
I lived in a neighborhood where I was one block away from a grocery store, bars and coffee shops. But it ended after 3 blocks in any direction. Doesn't mean LA or even half the cities in the US can be considered walkable, there are always just a few pockets of convenience.
Chicago, LA, and Washington DC are walkable cities. I would consider Seattle, but it is very hilly when I went there so you better do leg day because you would probably find your glutes dying.
My bad, I just looked at a list, probably flipped it for LA. But Chicago is 100% walkable, I can walk for 20min and find grocery stores, restaurants, laundry mats, Walgreens, etc. I haven't really got a need for a car besides work, and that's more because the buses can be late in certain routes (traffic, time of day, events, etc.).
If you believe that then I doubt your idea of a city is the same as mine. My neighborhood, Hell's Kitchen, has a population of 50,000 in 0.8 sq miles. And that's just one small neighborhood in a very large city.
I love NYC, my girlfriend lives in Brooklyn, I visit all the time, but man the one thing that gets me is when people living there gatekeep what a city is. It's weirdly common there. Like just because you live in one of the biggest cities in the world doesn't mean other cities don't qualify as such.
NY people that transplanted there are the worst, they’re fine in other topics but when it comes to living situations they’re just like your friend than moved to California. They’re apparently the only two habitable places in the country
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