New transit stations open in Seattle tomorrow (Oct 2, 2021) and I am reminded that one of them is in a neighborhood called Brooklyn (after one of the five boroughs) and not far from neighborhoods called Morningside and Chelsea.
“Somebody told me this: In New York, your world will be within a four-block radius,” she said. “It’s true. You get lazy to walk beyond four blocks.” She rarely needs to, as Target and plenty of other stores are within that range.
“There are always people outside,” she said. “I really like to feel surrounded by people. I have a new circle of friends as a result of living here.”
New York remains the cultural capital of the USA, no matter what Atlanta or LA or Seattle do. And people in those cities really want that experience, a world within walking distance, but aren’t willing to give up their addiction to the “independence” of cars and the big lots and single family housing that cars require.