Opinions about moving to Lakeshore East

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Opinions about moving to Lakeshore East

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08-10-2015, 11:17 AM

(08-10-2015, 10:37 AM)Markster Wrote: Walkable, it was not. I was basically a slave to the #9. The nearby plaza was about 800m away, and I can only recall walking there once.

Interesting. I live about the same distance from Uptown Waterloo and the Square. I almost(*) always walk there and back. I've never used GRT for that purpose.

Most people can walk a kilometer in under 15 minutes. It would normally take them as long or longer to get to/from bus stops and then wait for the next bus, etc. than to walk the whole distance.

See https://www.walkscore.com/. FWIW I get a Walk Score of 81 and Transit Score of 56.

(*) exceptions are when it's raining heavily or I have a lot of stuff to carry.

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