Don't Say 'Density', Say 'Walkability'

"How do you reframe the notion of density, a word that suggests eating one's spinach and conjures up images of a hated neighbor playing loud music at 3 a.m.? Hint: it involves your feet."

"The first framing device to make more people embrace the joys of tighter living quarters is carbon footprint, scaring people out of their subdivisions with an ominous rumble of the extinction of the earth if we don't start abandoning our cars and do more walking. The second framing notion is 'walkability.' A compact, walkable neighborhood sounds sociable, old-fashioned, village-like. Not density, but desirability."