Walking

[O3H]

Wonder if the guy/girl complaining about walking in Royal Oak to get somewhere due to parking, is the same one who parked "way-the-f-away" from Tiger Stadium back in the day, The Silverdome, etc., etc. - and won't walk no more in 2018.

[Bong-Man]

I've never paid to park for any event at Ford Field or Comerica Park since they opened, and I go to more events than most. Just sayin'....

[Meddle]

I wonder how much walking they do at the fancy malls where they buy their fancy clothes they don't want to walk to dinner wearing.

[SammyS]

How about the mad scramble for parking close to the gym only to hit the treadmill for an hour.

[Richard]

I walk a mile for a Camel and how far would you walk for a Klondike bar?

People are just lazy anymore.

[Lowell]

Detroiters should be required to visit New York City every couple of years to remind them of what real walking is--third floor walk ups, walks to and from subways with labyrinthine underground hikes to change trains and strolls through Central Park for relaxation.

[Ray1936]

For what it's worth, the strip resorts in Las Vegas started charging for parking last year, as much as $25 at some. Valet parking is also no a charge matter. Don't matter to me, I play at the local's joints and park for free [[Station Casinos, Boyd Group, etc.)

[EGrant]

We live in a world where people would rather circle the Kroger parking lot for 10 minutes looking for a spot close to the entrance instead of just getting out and walking an extra 50 feet. Yeah, people are completely lazy and it's why I don't have time for these parking lot interest groups.

[[Unless of course its an ADA situation, which I am all for accommodating as best we can)

[Richard]

There are parents in my neighborhood who load thier kids up in the car every morning in order to drive them 4 blocks to the school.

Then complain about sitting in the drop off line.

[O3H]

In a city as crowded, full of concrete, and skyscrapers, folks in downtown
New York walk a whole lot more than anyone in Detroit does.
I am 100% with Lowell on this - visit NY and stroll thru Central Park.
Take the subway "somewhere" , walk thru Grand Central, explore/enjoy.

Metropolitan Detroit and the suburbs became soft, whining, babies
about parking a block away , or across the street , from something.
They make jackets, scarfs, gloves, umbrellas, for the weather.

[softailrider]

I've never paid to park for any event at Ford Field or Comerica Park since they opened, and I go to more events than most. Just sayin'....

Car always where you left it upon your return? Windows intact? I’ll do it but not if I’m with my wife, she’s not into a nighttime walk up Brush or John R. I don’t need to listen to that bitching.

[EastsideAl]

Detroiters should be required to visit New York City every couple of years to remind them of what real walking is--third floor walk ups, walks to and from subways with labyrinthine underground hikes to change trains and strolls through Central Park for relaxation.

How true. When I returned to Detroit after many years living in NYC and elsewhere, including time spent overseas, I remember being culture-shocked at how little people around here walk places and the lengths they will go to to stick to their cars and avoid walking. After years living in walk up NYC apartments [[including not one, but two 6th floor walk-ups) I would just climb stairs rather than wait in a crowd for elevators to go to the 2nd or 3rd floor. On pleasant days I would walk to Belle Isle or even downtown from the Indian Village area, rather than wait on buses or spend time and money parking.

I perceive though that the situation is changing among our younger residents, and I now seem to see many more people walking and biking around the core of the city, on Belle Isle, and of course on paths like the Dequindre Cut.

However, years of moving around town with my late '80s and early '90s dad forced me to move in the opposite direction of learning the routes and parking strategies with the shortest walking distances to his favorite stores, restaurants, sporting events, Orchestra Hall, etc. Now, in my seemingly onrushing dotage, and with the damage done to my legs by stupidly playing so much football and hockey during my teen years becoming more and more obvious, even with dad now gone I am seeing the benefit of having learned those routes.

[Bong-Man]

Car always where you left it upon your return? Windows intact? I’ll do it but not if I’m with my wife, she’s not into a nighttime walk up Brush or John R. I don’t need to listen to that bitching.

Yes, and if I was married I'd be paying the $40 bucks too. I park and within 50 yards there are lots charging $20 bucks. Makes the walk worthwhile to me....that's the cost of two stadium beers !

[iheartthed]

Detroiters should be required to visit New York City every couple of years to remind them of what real walking is--third floor walk ups, walks to and from subways with labyrinthine underground hikes to change trains and strolls through Central Park for relaxation.

Although I live in New York, this isn't the only city where you can do a lot without a car. I go to Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago, at least once a year and I have never driven in those cities. I have a much easier time getting around DC when I don't have a car than when I do, especially if I'm staying in the district the entire visit. Philadelphia is also pretty easy to navigate without a car.

I also go to Europe a couple times a year, and I have only used cars there to go outside of the cities.

Detroit is the only place that I visit on a regular basis where I expect to use a car. And I wouldn't even use a car in Detroit if I were limiting my visit to downtown and midtown. Uber and Lyft, while expensive, are good enough band-aids to cover up the mobility issues due to Detroit's lack of a comprehensive mass transit system.

[EGrant]

Los Angeles is pretty tough without a car, as their transit lines are not fully developed.

[iheartthed]

Los Angeles is pretty tough without a car, as their transit lines are not fully developed.

Yes, I agree. I've done LA without a car for specific events where I knew I would only be in one area of the city. For instance, if you're planning to be downtown or in Hollywood the entire time, then renting a car could be a waste of money.

If you're a tourist visiting for the first time, it is hard to see the popular tourist attractions without a car because of how decentralized it is. This is also the most common complaint I hear about visiting LA...

[O3H]

When people walk, they get hungry/thirsty - good for Royal Oak, etc., etc.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

There are parents in my neighborhood who load thier kids up in the car every morning in order to drive them 4 blocks to the school.

Then complain about sitting in the drop off line.

Now that's funny My Dad use to have to walk just over a mile to school everyday, in all weather conditions, in the rural South. He didn't have a choice.

[O3H]

I didn't get a choice here in Warren either.
My parents never even offered to drive me to school in the 1970's.
It was unheard of, a complete moot point, you simply walked to elementary.
As I got older, I took a bus to high school, - but bicycled everywhere else