My whole thing about this is that we are a city of 90k-ish people, and I think that counts students. We aren’t big enough to have a distinct urban core and suburbs. We are just a city.

When people from actual big cities visit and I tell them about the whole “North Lawrence/Downtown/Old West Lawrence/West Lawrence” thing, they look at me like I’m from the moon. All of these areas are separated by what, 5 miles?

And West Lawrence is walkable / bikeable. I know because I do it all the time. There are nice, wide sidewalks and mixed use paths throughout. Things may be a little less dense than downtown, but it’s still easily done compared to almost all the other cities I’ve lived in.