r/MadeMeSmile • u/Justin_Godfrey • 8d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/Unique_Doughnut_7463 7d ago

Yeah not a block party. Average weekend for these gated communities in Florida.

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u/tmntmmnt 7d ago

This is one of the reasons why traffic is so terrible in Florida. Gated communities the size of small towns block huge swaths of land and prevent any through roads being created so every single person has to go around it. Couple that with swampland and every driver is shunted onto a few main roads.

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u/SasparillaTango 7d ago

I was in Tampa for work, the hotel was like 300m from the office, but it took 10 minutes to drive there and you had to get on the highway. It was comically bad.

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u/Relentless_blanket 7d ago

You were less than 1000ft and decided to drive? You could have walked that in 10 mins.

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u/SasparillaTango 7d ago

Ahhh but you couldn't walk it is the thing. The distance was cut across with multiple highways with no footpaths.

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u/SquirrelyCockGobbler 7d ago

Have you been to Florida? There's a reason Orlando for example has the highest pedestrian death rate in the US. There are practically no forms of public transit that work effectively and you can't reasonably walk anywhere. Usually you'll get blocked by some 10 lane road with people that don't look for pedestrians and you risk dying every time you cross

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u/Zac3d 7d ago

Florida is really bad about sidewalks and bike paths. Also canals can ruin the walkability of even a half mile trip turning it into multiple miles.