Instead, they are looking for what Leinberger calls "walkable urbanism" -- both small communities and big cities characterized by efficient mass transit systems and high density developments enabling residents to walk virtually everywhere for everything -- from home to work to restaurants to movie theaters.

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Everywhere you walk in DC, you see government employees.

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Everywhere you walk in Hollywood, you see actors.

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And everywhere you walk in St.

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Mike McLelland told the AP that he carried a gun everywhere, even to walk his dog around town, a bedroom community for the Dallas area.

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McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went, even to walk his dog around town, a bedroom community for the Dallas area.

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And everywhere, people want to live places where they can walk, whether to work or just go for a stroll in the evening.

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