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FWIW, I live near downtown Austin, haven't owned a car in over a year, walk/bus everywhere, and have never been questioned by police. I typically see quite a few pedestrians out. As far as Texan cities go it's the most walkable, though it's still not very good.

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Yes, I've lived here 17 years and see pedestrians most places I go - although to be fair there are many roads where pedestrians don't go (say, the service road alongside 71). Perhaps OP was in such a place.

I also did not own a car for years, commuting only by bicycle, and never had a problem.

Indeed, Austin's core is only about 5 square miles (the entirety of the East Side to the Greenbelt, Hyde Park down to far South Congress, say). Fairly compact.

It is no New York or London but it is walkable and bikeable.

Austin is way bigger than its small hip core. Most if it is absolute sprawling suburbia. Not any more walkable than Dallas or SA.

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