A solution to affordable housing... that Americans just don't seem to like.

[LisaM]

36. Not just walkable distance - there need to be sidewalks.

We used to live in a small rental house that was given a bogus 97% walkability score. It was clearly mapped by distance only, because they neglected to mention no sidewalks, no street lights, a place where you needed to walk in a ditch, and a footbridge over a creek that was unsafe because large groups of teens congregated and intimidated people trying to cross it.

Even after navigating all that, you had to walk at least a quarter of a mile to a crosswalk and get across a four-lane road and parking lot with no pedestrian markings to get to the businesses that they thought made our neighborhood "walkable".

Don't get me started on the space in these mixed-use buildings that is supposed to be retail. Rectangle boxes with high rents and no windows. They mostly sit empty.