July 10, 2010

How walkable is your Minnesota neighborhood?

If you're a farmer in Watonwan County or an outdoors lover in the Arrowhead, it's probably not walkable at all. You're totally car-dependent. It's much the same in the distant Twin Cities suburbs and exurbs, where you'll be lucky to have even a few amenities within walking distance of your cul-de-sac.

But cities large and small offer an asset that runs scarce in our autocentric culture - the chance to work, play, shop, study, dine out, work out and worship without ever getting behind the wheel. Even if you decide to drive everywhere in places like that, you've still got a measurable advantage over folks who've built their lives around long commutes and big-box shopping trips.

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Source: Twin Cities Daily Planet