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Scrivener7

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1. I live in a walking town. I love it. As the article describes, I know the local shopkeepers an restaurant owners,

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Tue Jun 24, 2025, 08:55 PM

Jun 24

I know my neighbors and seldom venture out without meeting a friend and stopping to chat.

But in order to have such a lifestyle, a town needs to have multi-unit housing. And the DUers I have seen weighing in on multi-unit housing don't actually understand it at all, and they despise it. They're also astonishingly rude about it.

So while I agree wholeheartedly with this article, I doubt it will get much play here.

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I live in a walking town. I love it. As the article describes, I know the local shopkeepers an restaurant owners, Scrivener7 Jun 24 #1

multi unit housing is fine... as long as you control who lives there. WarGamer Jun 24 #2

Sure ZDU Jun 24 #4

So you think that 55+ housing and college dorms are discriminatory? WarGamer Jun 24 #5

Self-segregate ZDU Jun 24 #6

As I say, people on DU don't understand it. My neighborhood is a mix of older and younger, families, couples and Scrivener7 Jun 24 #7

As I'm sure you know... WarGamer Jun 24 #8

Yes, but my comment is meant to disagree with your contention that you have to self-segregate Scrivener7 Jun 24 #9

NYC co-ops are somewhat exclusive... are they bad too? WarGamer Jun 24 #11

WarGamer, is your game to ZDU Jun 25 #13

Stop moving those goal posts, dear. They're too heavy and you're going to hurt yourself. Scrivener7 Jun 25 #17

No one moves goal posts. WarGamer Jun 25 #18

I know who my neighbors are. Scrivener7 Jun 25 #19

Thank you! ZDU Jun 24 #3

I was hoping for a list and analysis of various walkable towns in the US fujiyamasan Jun 24 #10

Visit Public Square @ CNU.org ZDU Jun 25 #14

But moving to Europe would probably get you universal healthcare & gun control. n/t area51 Jun 25 #12

True ZDU Jun 25 #15

Gun control to an extent. Universal health care, unless you were born in certain countries is an American-made myth DFW Jun 25 #16