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Old 10-13-2011, 08:22 PM
 
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Why Walkable Cities Aren't Always the Ones You'd Think - Commute - The Atlantic Cities
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:28 PM
 
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This is no surprise. I have always found Miami to be a walkable city mainly in the downtown areas. Except for the crazy drivers that run over pedestrians or the thugs that mug you on the streets. Once you go outside of the Miami city limits though, the walkable factor drops off.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:29 PM
 
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This is more likely due to Miami's year round climate. It really isn't that walkable at all, unless you focus on specific parts of Miami that are (e.g. Miami Beach, Downtown ). Miami is not a safe place for the average pedestrian. Crossing any road in Miami is risky as traffic does not yield for pedestrians. In fact, the 4 most dangerous cities for pedestrians are all in FL, though Miami isn't the worst.

By contrast, many drivers stop to let you cross here, even when they don't have to. Months after leaving Miami and I still cross the street with utmost fear, expecting to get honked or almost hit by a car!
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:33 PM
 
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I think the study was focused on how many sidewalks there are and how easy it is to walk from point A to point B. Not so much on safety. If we remove safety from the equation, Miami is a very walkable downtown area. Brickell is also very walkable.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:34 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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This is no surprise. I have always found Miami to be a walkable city mainly in the downtown areas. Except for the crazy drivers that run over pedestrians or the thugs that mug you on the streets. Once you go outside of the Miami city limits though, the walkable factor drops off.
I darn near choked to death from laughing so hard. Yah, it's a "walkable city" except for that part.

LOL.

I lived in Seattle before going to Miami and Seattle is a very walkable city. Miami? The beach area, sure but the rest? Not so much.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:38 PM
 
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Seattle is WAY more walkable than Miami, I'll give you that. But Miami is still the most walkable city in the Southeastern U.S. except maybe New Orleans. Yes even downtown Miami and Brickell are walkable.
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Old 10-14-2011, 03:28 PM
 
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I've always found Miami to be a very walkable city so this doesn't surprise me at all. Even close in suburbs like N. Miami & Coral Gables are walkable, it's just when you get out into the far flung suburbs that walkability score plummets.
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Old 10-14-2011, 07:25 PM
 
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In order to live somewhere that doesn't require a car, you have to be able to afford a very nice one. O
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Old 10-14-2011, 08:08 PM
 
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I've always found Miami to be a very walkable city so this doesn't surprise me at all. Even close in suburbs like N. Miami & Coral Gables are walkable, it's just when you get out into the far flung suburbs that walkability score plummets.
EXACTLY!

The majority of people here must get their experience from the way out west burbs.
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Old 10-15-2011, 12:21 AM
 
Location: Miami/ Washington DC
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This real is not a surprise at all. Being locals we see things a bit different. Especially when we compare Miami to places like DC or Boston etc.. Miami is a small and dense city. The most dense part Downtown is vey walkable and has great public transit. This is especially true compared to most of the US. When we try to compete with DC or Boston it is not question Miami is not a walker friendly city. But when we are competeing with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Jacksonville etc.. Miami is very dense and pretty walkable.
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