tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712785084040461991.post9020190388858039288..comments2024-03-14T01:02:33.146-05:00Comments on the New American Village: Sustainable Health Care, Part 2 - The Way We LiveJames Polkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930017956332455271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712785084040461991.post-92034422038181311072009-10-07T15:41:39.373-05:002009-10-07T15:41:39.373-05:00Alex,
In a sustainable community, services would ...Alex,<br /><br />In a sustainable community, services would not be so far afield. The idea is that all of your every-day destinations should be within no more than a 10 minute walking distance instead of everything being sprawled out on a "strip." The geometry of a series of nodes - or village-like neighborhoods - lends itself to comfortable, practical walking and biking transportation while the geometry of strip development does not; it's only negotiable by automobile. The latter is what you're experiencing, and though you are commuting by bike and foot, you are experiencing the downfall of American strip development.James Polkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930017956332455271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712785084040461991.post-18640038018550136672009-10-07T13:39:00.854-05:002009-10-07T13:39:00.854-05:00I'm new to your blog, recently introduced by a...I'm new to your blog, recently introduced by a dear friend. <br /><br />This article (are you the author or is it a reprint?) really gives me pause: I don't own a car but I wish I did because getting to laundromat, grocery store, post office, etc. is so hard in my town where things are spread out and public transportation system is inadequate. <br /><br />I guess I should feel confident and proud of myself--I'm walking and biking everywhere. This is the model for sustainability, right? I'm ahead of the crowd. But I have to admit, I'm almost 60 and a lot of days, I wish I had a car.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862537791913076190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712785084040461991.post-72243137106474098132009-09-28T16:57:26.197-05:002009-09-28T16:57:26.197-05:00The "sustainable" describes the setting ...The "sustainable" describes the setting where I grew up. All the feelings of independence I developed as a young girl, in this setting are as you described for Aunt Bertha. When married it was the house in the suburbs - yes - just as you described. As my sons reached their early teens I saw the difference in my independence at a similar age - they had to be driven - driven - driven. I wondered at that time how was this an improved life style? I have concluded that it wasn't and look to the sustainable communities you have put forth.Rose Marie Raccioppihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.com