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There's nothing inherently incompatible with living an a walkable community and participating in hobbies like woodworking. For example, after just a few minutes of searching, here's the first listing I found of a condo in a building that includes an expansive workshop among other amenities. (See photo 52.) This is in a location with a 92 walk and bike score, and a 78 transit score.[0] If that's not to your liking, here's another with a modest woodworking shop.[1] It seems like practically every luxury tower in the city has workshops among their fitness centers, pools, roof terraces, etc.[2][3] Minneapolis too cold? How about Seattle?[4]

[0] https://www.redfin.com/MN/Minneapolis/1235-Yale-Pl-55403/uni...

[1] https://www.redfin.com/MN/Minneapolis/1920-S-1st-St-55454/un...

[2] https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/222-2nd-St...

[3] https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/100-3rd-Av...

[4] https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1420-E-Pine-St-UNIT-E310-...

> There's nothing inherently incompatible with living an a walkable community and participating in hobbies like woodworking.

Okay, so there are 10 buildings (out of several thousand) with woodworking in Minneapolis, but how many of them also support what my spouse likes to do?

This is a case where you don't want it in the building, which gets us to the "there's not enough space within a 5 minute walk for a wide range of `want to do's."

This is a case where I do want my woodworking or hobbies in the building, but I probably don't want your woodworking or other noisy/dusty hobbies in the building. Having a basement where I can tinker and a garage where I can do projects and car repairs and having that directly on my property where I can empty the rag bin, turn off the lights, and come back to it tomorrow or four weeks from now is exactly what I wanted (and why I'm not living in a denser part of the city).

Yeah but in a decent suburban house you can have most all of those things available to you 24/7 on your own property without anyone bothering you, trying to make small talk, reserve equipment etc. I’m sure that works for some people but I like the ability to use my “amenities “ 24/7 on my terms.

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