Depends on what you mean by “walking distance” since the bridge itself is already too long for some people. But surely anyone willing to walk the 1.6 miles across the bridge wouldn’t mind walking the extra 2000 feet to get to the Bay Area Discovery Museum? I had a great time there with my family. And Sausalito isn’t too much further beyond that.
A Golden Gated community, if you will.
I’ve read that landowners in Marin County were among the biggest investors of the bridge because of the increase in property values they were anticipating by making it possible to commute to the city. Worked out pretty well for them, I guess.