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| | Measuring Walkable Urbanity |
 | | A community fortunate enough to contain walkable urbanity is a community to cherish, celebrate and protect. |
 | | Ironically, despite all of the talk of the need for "sustainability," improving the local economy, and improving neighborhood quality in America today, walkability is rapidly vanishing as a lifestyle choice throughout the nation. |
 | | Properly modest building heights (no more than 5 stories, ideally), modest lot sizes, modest lot widths and building setbacks from streets and intersections, as well as modest dimensions for street widths, block lengths and intersection turning radii, are indispensable elements of urbanity (streets should also be connected, instead of cul-de-sac'd, to reduce walking distances). |
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