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The good news: My address in the West Nineties of Manhattan scores 95 -- I live in a walker's paradise! Hooray! Now the bad news: An increasing proportion of my neighbors drive. My block is choked with parked SUVs. The traffic now resembles midtown -- 30 years ago there were far fewer cars. The sad fact is that the more affluent the neighborhood gets, the more people drive. They are drawn to the richness of a pedestrian-oriented neighborhood. But they can't be stopped from bringing their cars here. This is a source of daily anger and torment to me.
its one reason I've been jobhunting in Manhattan.
I personally think New York is likely the best city to live in for the coming fuel crunch. Its already dense enough.
At least in Manhattan, the encouragement to have a car is tempered by the difficulty finding a parking place :)
its one reason I've been jobhunting in Manhattan.
I personally think New York is likely the best city to live in for the coming fuel crunch. Its already dense enough."
--The one problem with this is that when the economy gets a cold, NYC tends to get the flu,so to speak, because finance is really the foundation of the economy. When Wall ST. starts laying off, the RE market tanks, so on and so forth. About every 15 yrs the housing market here seems to collapse. the last time was in the early 90's, so we are basically due (and the layoffs are starting on WS) If you do move here, DON'T BUY. Rent something for the time being and I guarantee they will be giving stuff away within a couple years. There is a ton of building going on right into the teeth of this thing . perfect storm.
Matt
"My block is choked with parked SUVs. The traffic now resembles midtown -- 30 years ago there were far fewer cars. The sad fact is that the more affluent the neighborhood gets, the more people drive. They are drawn to the richness of a pedestrian-oriented neighborhood. But they can't be stopped from bringing their cars here. This is a source of daily anger and torment to me."
--Yes, I think this shows the limits to the model. I have lived in NYC for the last 10 years and do not consider it particularly ped-friendly. A lot of this is cultural which I think is why it doesn't show up in the model. There is just an acceptance here of domination of the streets by cars. Cars tend to be very non-deferential to peds crossing streets, bikes etc. the police take a very pro-car approach. It would be unheard of for a cop to ticket a cab for harrassing a biker ,even if they were in one of the intermitant bike lanes or for charging a ped in a crosswalk.AS far as walking goes, the city is ped friendly until you have to cross against turning traffic which is usually every few blocks.
Matt