Despite living a walkable distance to a public pool, American man shows how street and urban design makes it dangerous and almost un-walkable
what kind of statistic is "100 million Americans arn't in walking distance of a park" mf I live 20 minutes from the closest walmart or mcdonalds. I can just go walk into the woods.
Bro read a book about walkable cities too. I live in walking distance of a park, but I didn't when I was a kid. That's what yards are for.
“We don’t need parks because we have yards” is like the most tone deaf Reddit thing I’ve read today lol
So you go to a park for what exactly?
go to a park on a warm saturday afternoon and watch what people are doing. bring a pen and notepad if you need to.
I take my kid to the playground, we watch the trains go by behind the park, we go to the taco stand in the park, we buy plants from the greenhouse connected to the field house, I take my dog for walks, we watch baseball games, we have picnics, we shortcut through it when biking home from daycare, we vote there, we have meetings with city council members there, we go watch outdoor movies, and see free concerts.
Not everyone has a yard
I have a yard, and still go to the park as it has a lake that I can kayak and fish in, I can bike several miles more than my neighborhood, can hike in the woods and trails, rollerblade on the flat hiking trails there and can camp in the park too.
Yards are great, parks offer a lot more.
OP: bro just build a lake in your yard
So the cool thing about parks is that if they're public, everyone gets to use it and you get to meet people in your community which means you feel more connected and your social network increases. It's a third place for many. Parks are also great if you're facilitating a large gathering because you can usually get a permit for it. They might have amenities that you otherwise might not have in your yard (full size basketball court, tennis court, baseball diamond, walking trails, acres of land for recreation...)
You may have a yard, but millions of people in your country might not. This is a great way to meet people you otherwise wouldn't meet, get exercise in, take in scenery, and hold public or private events. A nice park also tends to attract new people and businesses that helps spur growth in a city.
People really like parks. Nobody is going to use your yard as a public space.
Oh just this little thing required for healthy brain function: community. Not everyone can afford a yard either.
I know, but that's a dumb statistic because the way it was said makes it seem like it is not factoring in that I am like 5+ miles from everywhere
Be nice if he shared a source for that claim.
But he did. The Trust for Public Land. Even put a screenshot of the quoted text up at when he said it.