15-minute cities

[BrightShinyGirl]

Uhhh...,

That's nice.

And your clothes come from that cute French boutique right around the corner?

Downtown Beverly Hills is very walkable.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

We know that Memphis is a bad place. Funny thing is people aren't abandoning Tennessee like they are Illinois, New York, and California.

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

 

[enbiji]

Some guys I know are more like "30 second city"

 

[enbiji]

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

Has Elvis left the building yet?

 

[TrailerHitch]

I regularly walk to the local Persian grocery store to buy staples I forgot at the supermarket. My teenage daughter walks to the neighborhood Japanese market to buy sushi and ramen.

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

I drive. But I would take an electric cargo bike if there was a protected bike lane running down Olympic Boulevard.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

There are 2 grocery stores within a quarter-mile of my house, but there are no provisions for walking between here and there. No sidewalks. No way to safely cross a 4-lane high speed road.

Simple street design changes would make lots of useful walks possible in the US.

 

[TrailerHitch]

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

Nice try using percentages to prove your point. Too bad it is a fail. 38.9 million people in California in 2023, 2.1% of that is 816,900 people that left. California's population grew .017% or 67,000 7,126,489 is the population of Tennessee in 2023, a 1.1% increase from 2022, but 2.6% of that is 185,289 people that left.

Clearly while percentages shine a favorable light, real number show California lost over 4 times as many people as Tennessee while Tennessee gained approximately 2 1/2 times more people than California did,

So clearly I did more research than you and proved your half assed analysis dead wrong.

 

[TrailerHitch]

I drive. But I would take an electric cargo bike if there was a protected bike lane running down Olympic Boulevard.

So you can haul a week's worth of grocery's on a bike? Interesting. I'll take the convenience and comfort of a car, particularly in cold or rainy weather.

 

[TrailerHitch]

There are 2 grocery stores within a quarter-mile of my house, but there are no provisions for walking between here and there. No sidewalks. No way to safely cross a 4-lane high speed road.

Simple street design changes would make lots of useful walks possible in the US.

Then get involved in local politics and advocate for change. Because whining here won't get anything done there...

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Nice try using percentages to prove your point. Too bad it is a fail. 38.9 million people in California in 2023, 2.1% of that is 816,900 people that left. California's population grew .017% or 67,000 7,126,489 is the population of Tennessee in 2023, a 1.1% increase from 2022, but 2.6% of that is 185,289 people that left.

Clearly while percentages shine a favorable light, real number show California lost over 4 times as many people as Tennessee while Tennessee gained approximately 2 1/2 times more people than California did,

So clearly I did more research than you and proved your half assed analysis dead wrong.

Just to make sure we’re in agreement you are saying that Tennessee is losing people at a faster rate than California, right?

So you can haul a week's worth of grocery's on a bike? Interesting. I'll take the convenience and comfort of a car, particularly in cold or rainy weather.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Has Elvis left the building yet?

Funny man. Elvis has been dead since 1977 yet Graceland is still a major tourist attraction with huge draws every year. It's really quite interesting to see what Elvis found comfortable and extravagant back in his time.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Just to make sure we’re in agreement you are saying that Tennessee is losing people at a faster rate than California, right?

Sure because 816,900 is less that 185,289.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Funny man woman.

Fixed your post. yw

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Nice try using percentages to prove your point. Too bad it is a fail. 38.9 million people in California in 2023, 2.1% of that is 816,900 people that left. California's population grew .017% or 67,000 7,126,489 is the population of Tennessee in 2023, a 1.1% increase from 2022, but 2.6% of that is 185,289 people that left.

Clearly while percentages shine a favorable light, real number show California lost over 4 times as many people as Tennessee while Tennessee gained approximately 2 1/2 times more people than California did,

So clearly I did more research than you and proved your half assed analysis dead wrong.

What you clearly fail to see is the comparison. Yes more people left Cali than Tenn. But Cali also has a larger population and can afford to shed people. But hey, you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Sure because 816,900 is less that 185,289.

No one claimed otherwise. I’m glad you’re in agreement that.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Then get involved in local politics and advocate for change. Because whining here won't get anything done there...

I do lobby for local change on transit and homelessness.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

No one claimed otherwise. I’m glad you’re in agreement that.

He clearly doesn't have the mental wherewithal to understand.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

So you can haul a week's worth of grocery's on a bike? Interesting. I'll take the convenience and comfort of a car, particularly in cold or rainy weather.

The supermarket is 15 minutes away by bike, near enough for me to go more than once a week. This is LA. We’re famous for our sunny weather.

 

[TrailerHitch]

The supermarket is 15 minutes away by bike, near enough for me to go more than once a week. This is LA. We’re famous for our sunny weather.

I'd rather not go grocery shopping multiple times a week. To each their own.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I'd rather not go grocery shopping multiple times a week. To each their own.

Do you do the cooking in your household?

 

[MajorRewrite]

Then get involved in local politics and advocate for change. Because whining here won't get anything done there...

He replied while whining …

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I regularly walk to the local Persian grocery store to buy staples I forgot at the supermarket. My teenage daughter walks to the neighborhood Japanese market to buy sushi and ramen.

I'm having sushi for lunch today because I'm working from home and my daughter asked if wanted to walk to the Japanese market with her. Living in a walkable neighborhood is so convenient!

 

[wizzard426]

We only go to town about twice a year

 

[TrailerHitch]

Do you do the cooking in your household?

Roughly 60%, some weeks more some weeks less. Depends on work schedules. Shocker for you too...I do dishes, laundry, help keep the house clean, and share taking care of our pets. As well as all the usual classical manly duties like lawn care, car repairs, home repairs, we are replacing flooring in our house as a joint project. We are a team, if one can't do a household chore the other steps up.