US cities are not very densely build, with decreasing density from the core to the outskirts, compared to European cities, which are more compact. 15 minutes on a bicycle has a greater reach in Europe because of that. You pay for it with the amount of space available (smaller house and yard). I don't know what the best option is. I like the idea of 15 minutes on a bicycle, although most countries are not well prepared for that in terms of separate bicycle lanes etc.
Frits W�thrich Tom Rittenhouse: > > Tom Rittenhouse typed unto us: > > <big context SNIP>"The street directory says it is about as far > away as it > > could be and still be in the Charlotte area. Ah, there it is a > little spur > > of a road, off of that road, off of a road I know about. Thirty minutes > > latter I am there. > > > > > > Must be nice to live somewhere that this could be true. Living on the > > western outskirts, I can drive much more than an hour (without traffic) > and > > still be in the "Atlanta Metro Area". To think I once drove 12 > miles out > of > > town (in Michigan) and gave up finding my friend's house. "NOBODY would > > live THIS far from town" I thought.... > > Well I grew up in Detroit where it is about two hours from one > side of town > to the other on the expressway. So Charlotte is not bad, except that it is > about 3 times as big as it was 10 years ago. I used to know a guy > that lived > 3 hours each way out of Detroit and did the commute every day. I > thought he > was crazy. > > Personally, I now think that any town that it take more than 15 minutes to > get to anywhere in on a bicycle is too big. > --graywolf - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
