Ok so upfront I'm not here to be a keyboard hero and talk about how much more I know than everyone else... not my thing - did that 25 years ago when I was a young student and the aberdeen maillist was de rigueur. Grew up and learned my lesson! (Interesting meeting ups tho!
So to various cogent points! We should base no decision on various posturing refuseniks nor indeed rabid 'get-it-built-ers' nothing ever gets done by shouting loudest. If someone enjoys local football and enjoys the football experience of walking to a local team then the banks of dee actually provide a much more authentic experience! Some of my best experiences of football have been following devronvale down to the central belt (never lived with in Banff but the old boy is from there so it's a great experience). If someone is a fan of aberdeen they should go where the club thinks is best, rather than narrowly prioritise their own experience at the expense of the wider good. We can all fantasise about other ideal scenarios (what no railway!!! Where's the roof... summer football) but the club haven't spent 5m on consultants for nothing (soil specialists at pittodire etc) and if we're honest they have probably been shafted by council turnover and resetting of relationships per election cycle.
So we are where we are... emotions (mine included) and a seeming minority (going by the 60% drive figure above plus others) who cling to pittodrie and are less than enthused by the change to 'pint/walk' that constitutes their match day experience (no doubt a great experience but...). To offset this you have misery of driving (again it's 60%) of people from all over the north east having to negotiate the nightmare that us aberdeen's under invested road infrastructure.
I think energies (such as they are) might be better deployed on defining the match day experience people want. Is it a fan zone? Is it, might it be, a US style tailgate... something else? The idea I find strange is that pubs that pay nothing to the club provide an experience that the club couldn't out perform massively! Two (of many) examples... ed fest - pop up bars all over the place that chrge London prices! Weather - Nordic countries have outdoor 'social' sporting events in worse weather than kingsford (another advantage of getting away from the beach btw)
Anyway - points made - feel free to chose a random sentence from my detailed and nuanced responce to rail against