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Originally Posted by Phalanx
'Walkability' isn't just about sidewalks, it's about having local shops and services that are within walking distance. I believe that's where the comment about density vs walkability came from. These large developments add a lot of density and could support more than they have around them. Instead commercial and residential tend to be segregated and that encourages the use of a car when it really doesn't have to be necessary.
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That's kinda the point I wanted to make - they are pedestrian-friendly, but do not have much around them to walk to (though Larry Uteck arguably has a reasonable retail area, including a grocery store and two pharmacies, that is walkable from most areas of Bedford South).
Downtown is somewhat walkable, but really doesn't have a grocery store that's any closer than Uteck does (south end Superstore, and Pete's which isn't a full scale grocery store).
West Bedford has none of the above, unless you count the Cortado Tasting Room, Noggins Corner Farm Market, The Millstone Public House, etc., on Gary Martin Drive.
Then, most people will have to commute elsewhere to work, which was the basis of my comment about transit in the first post which started this exchange of commentary...