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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes and no, most people do live in cities (if we're still talking about the US), but a minority of those cities are actually walkable. And many cities are limited in what areas are walkable.

It's hard to find data on this obviously, so I can only speak anecdotally. Take a city like Dallas for example the core portion can be walkable, but it very quickly turns into un-walkable sprawl. Cities like Seattle and New York are very walkable. Then you have cities like Jacksonville and Orlando that are absolutely un-walkable.

I'd wager that more population lives in this un-walkable areas since the cores usually host buisnesses instead of apartments

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

The idea that the core of Dallas is walkable is hilarious. There are portions of DFW that have been specifically curated to be walkable, but they're usually akin to a theme park. You drive there, park in a giant parking lot (or worse, just endless strips of store front parking), then walk around what is effectively an outdoor shopping mall.