Comments on: Go Green Challenge – Day 8 http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/ Is the pint half full or half empty? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Go Green Challenge - Day 11 « Half Pint Pixie http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-216 Go Green Challenge - Day 11 « Half Pint Pixie Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:41:04 +0000 http://halfpintpixie.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-216 [...] Day 8 has the details… [...] [...] Day 8 has the details… [...]

]]> By: Pixie L http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-200 Pixie L Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:45:49 +0000 http://halfpintpixie.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-200 I grew up in the north, around Chicago, so I know and love public transit. Out here in Oklahoma City, there is nothing worth mentioning. There's a bus system, but it doesn't run as far out as we are, doesn't go anywhere I'd need to go, and doesn't run often enough to make it usable, let alone practical. There is nothing in walking distance. Shoot, we don't even HAVE sidewalks on most streets. This is the third largest city in the world, in land-size, although there are less than one million people. Our traffic is horrid, and, even with so much space and so few people, our air quality is steadily dropping. *sigh* I wish we could afford to move... I grew up in the north, around Chicago, so I know and love public transit. Out here in Oklahoma City, there is nothing worth mentioning. There’s a bus system, but it doesn’t run as far out as we are, doesn’t go anywhere I’d need to go, and doesn’t run often enough to make it usable, let alone practical. There is nothing in walking distance. Shoot, we don’t even HAVE sidewalks on most streets. This is the third largest city in the world, in land-size, although there are less than one million people. Our traffic is horrid, and, even with so much space and so few people, our air quality is steadily dropping. *sigh* I wish we could afford to move…

]]> By: halfpintpixie http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-197 halfpintpixie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:13:42 +0000 http://halfpintpixie.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-197 Thanks for visiting, I love when new people appear and comment! <i>a small european village</i>... that sounds so idyllic.... Galway is a big town/little city (by Irish standards it's a city, everyone else would laugh at it!) chock full of a nightmare amount of cars and most of the suburbs are a planning disaster. We are really lucky to be living in just the right part of Galway for car-free-ness. I often envy big big cities like Tokyo and London where they have a whole infrastructure devoted to public transport, here our buses share the road with the cars and hence share the traffic jams... ah well we can dream! Thanks for visiting, I love when new people appear and comment!

a small european village… that sounds so idyllic….

Galway is a big town/little city (by Irish standards it’s a city, everyone else would laugh at it!) chock full of a nightmare amount of cars and most of the suburbs are a planning disaster.

We are really lucky to be living in just the right part of Galway for car-free-ness. I often envy big big cities like Tokyo and London where they have a whole infrastructure devoted to public transport, here our buses share the road with the cars and hence share the traffic jams…

ah well we can dream!

]]> By: jporchanian http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-196 jporchanian Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:06:07 +0000 http://halfpintpixie.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-196 Ah, yes. The joys of a small european village. Everything within walking distance. I hope you appreciate how lucky you are, here in the US such a life is harder to come by. I just got back home from a trip to the big city of Chicago where everything is within walking distance, and I allready miss it so much. You have a cool little blog here, I hope you'll keep commenting on mine. :) -Joe Ah, yes. The joys of a small european village. Everything within walking distance. I hope you appreciate how lucky you are, here in the US such a life is harder to come by. I just got back home from a trip to the big city of Chicago where everything is within walking distance, and I allready miss it so much.

You have a cool little blog here, I hope you’ll keep commenting on mine. :)

-Joe

]]> By: Stacie http://halfpintpixie.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-192 Stacie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:28:57 +0000 http://halfpintpixie.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/go-green-challenge-day-8/#comment-192 We deliberately bought where we could walk to everything. Groceries, pediatrician, bookstore -- everything is walkable. My husband can even walk to his office. It's great. We aren't car free, but we're car infrequent. We deliberately bought where we could walk to everything. Groceries, pediatrician, bookstore — everything is walkable. My husband can even walk to his office. It’s great. We aren’t car free, but we’re car infrequent.

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