Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Urban cohousing [was: Monekysheres...

[Jessie Kome (jehako]

Hi-

Density is a good test, but not the only one. I think a classic "if it quacks 
like a duck, it must be a duck" way to figure out if you live in a truly urban 
area is to check to see if you are within walking distance of a metro bus 
line(s) or trolley that runs at least every 30-40 minutes during morning and 
evening rush, if not more often.  And, of course, if you are located within 
about a half mile of a subway, you are urban.  

-Jessie Handforth Kome
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, MD
"Where the buses stop at the end of the block and many of us walk to the metro 
to get to work, and play, and whatever."