Downtown Lifestyles

Having never lived in a city myself I can only speak from research on the lifestyle of living in a town or society where everyone walks mostly everywhere. One good example is the lifestyle my family has in Germany. There is a small town called Herborn and other than some housing and farms surrounding the outer part of the city everyone lives in apartments and lofts in town. The city has a large walking zone and gets very crowded. It consists of many shops, vendors and boutique's. They have public pools and parks for recreation since no one has yards or really any private areas. There are marked paths throughout the forests surrounding the town. Walking is a daily routine. As for  long trips or getting into town there are trains, bus and taxi services. It could get pricey but they do offer season passes that are at reasonable cost. As for employment opportunities you can go the public service route: public transportation, street sweeping, park keepers and landscapers that tend to walking zone and high traffic place for tourist. There are entrepreneurs on every corner that have had shops and restaurants that stayed successful for years because of the high demand and traffic. The cost of living is higher within the city because the living accommodations. The picture below shows many of the shops and local commodities. The apartments and lofts are located above the shops on each side of the walking zone.