680
Well done, all of you! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 16 points 5 months ago (20 children)

What do I do if the public transit is pretty good and the city is walkable, but all the jobs are in office parks 40 minutes out of town?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 20 child comments
    •
  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Pester your politicians that they forgot a part of the walkable city. Either a walkable workplace or work from home.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Hello, yes. I work in construction. I carry 50+lbs (23+kg) of tools and/or material to work (which constantly changes locations as buildings and projects finished being built).

    How do I fit into the walkable city plan?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I never claimed everyone could work from home. But I think you'll agree, that your commute would probably become quicker and less stressful, if the majority of office workers could stay at home.
    Less traffic if you have to drive, less crowded public transport. As a side effect life in the city might also become less stressful, as the noise from traffic reduces.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I never assumed you meant that everyone should. I was just curious as to how my side of things would function in your concept. I have often had the same questions about the 32 hour workday for us blue collars. Often in our cases, the thing we're lacking is time instead of being able to consolidate work.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (15 children)

    So the city isn't walkable, then

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 15 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (14 children)

    Define walkable.

    I can walk to literally everything I need in my daily life except my job, and the share of residents lucky enough to work in the city can walk or bike to those too. My city scores incredibly high in both walk and bike scores; this drives real estate prices up, which drives employers to the suburbs, and—wouldn’t you know it!—the cheapest places to build office parks are situated away from the commuter transit.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 14 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    except my job

    That's not walkable. The definition is not that difficult

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 12 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

    The definition is not that difficult

    Idk if you’re trolling or just obstinate, but if you don’t explain the exact definition you are using, it is impossible to determine what meets it and what does not.

    For example:

    Walkability is a measure of how accessible services and amenities are by foot or transit. A city is walkable if a broad range of these are thusly available.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, your definition works. Your place of work is obviously included into the list of location that needs to be accessible, since it's somewhere you commute to almost every day.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Let me just walk my 315lb welder to work each morning. Can I borrow your kids radio flyer after you walked them to school?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    If your job makes you take a welder home with you at night, you need a new job.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Have you ever heard the term welding rig? Gas /diesel welder? Self-employed? Field repair? Millwright ? Heavy equipment? Residential fence/gate repair. Structural? You know all those things that require mobile welding.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Not in the context of any jobs that a person of any intelligence would consider "walkable", no.

    Since that's what we were talking about, I presumed you were smart enough to understand that "walkable jobs" would exclude all of the things you just asked me about. I apologize for making undue assumptions about you.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •