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Old 01-16-2018, 11:19 AM
 
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Let's just be real....after Coronado, EVERYTHING in the Atlanta metro is going to be sorely disappointing.

Do you really think it matters if you're in midtown, VaHi, Norcross or Lithonia when you're coming from this?
That's urban?
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Old 01-16-2018, 11:55 AM
 
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It seems like some people are using "urban" and "walkable" interchangeably. To me, they're different. Urban, suburban and rural areas can all be walkable or not walkable. Heck, Serenbe is walkable--but it absolutely isn't urban.
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Old 01-16-2018, 07:08 PM
 
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It seems like some people are using "urban" and "walkable" interchangeably. To me, they're different. Urban, suburban and rural areas can all be walkable or not walkable. Heck, Serenbe is walkable--but it absolutely isn't urban.
Some of the apartment complexes in Atlanta are so big a person could walk for days without going outside the security gates.
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Old 01-16-2018, 08:19 PM
 
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It seems like some people are using "urban" and "walkable" interchangeably. To me, they're different. Urban, suburban and rural areas can all be walkable or not walkable. Heck, Serenbe is walkable--but it absolutely isn't urban.
This. Coronado is walkable in parts for sure, but not at all urban.

Many of Atlanta's intown neighborhoods would qualify as urban, and many would qualify as walkable. A few - Midtown, Downtown, portions of O4W, Castleberry Hill etc, are both.

I disagree that places like Marietta, Duluth etc are more walkable than Atlanta's eastside neighborhoods. Within Atlanta, you've got greater connectivity than even the most walkable suburbs such as Woodstock, which are islands with cul de sac suburbia surrounding them.

While you can't continuously walk through urban neighborhoods for miles yet like you can in Chicago, New York, Philly, and others, you can bike from walkable node to walkable node fairly easily in Atlanta. Inman Park, Grant Park, Cabbagetown, Little 5, Poncey Highlands, VaHi, O4W are very close to each other (and close to or along the Beltline).
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Old 01-16-2018, 09:12 PM
 
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Some of the apartment complexes in Atlanta are so big a person could walk for days without going outside the security gates.
Is that somehow unique to Atlanta? I thought not.
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Old 01-17-2018, 12:12 AM
 
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Eastside intown neighborhoods is what you want. Grant Park, Inman Park, Decatur, etc.
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Old 01-17-2018, 06:54 AM
 
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That's urban?
I think his point was that, coming from such an "urban" walkable area, nowhere, from our most-urban Midtown to the suburbs, is going to be that exciting.
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Old 01-17-2018, 06:28 PM
 
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One thing is for sure...days like today make me very happy that I don't live a walkable lifestyle!
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Old 01-17-2018, 06:35 PM
 
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One thing is for sure...days like today make me very happy that I don't live a walkable lifestyle!
Huh?? It's days like these I'm grateful that our hood has some walkability, otherwise we'd be trapped.
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Old 01-17-2018, 08:05 PM
 
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Huh?? It's days like these I'm grateful that our hood has some walkability, otherwise we'd be trapped.
Difference between being able to walk to the store, which I can do, and completely restricting myself to walkable/bikeable alternatives. I'd hate if I HAD to walk a mile to work through that bitter cold because I didn't have any other means.
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