Is your neighborhood walk-friendly?

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:20 pm

52 - I am surprised to see that my village even showed up

Thought the only walks around here were Orange.

David

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:40 pm

I thought this was supposed to be a walking guide?

Some of the places listed near me are, indeed, within 2 miles, but it's nearly a 2 mile SWIM to any of them!!!

Well, maybe they're thinking of low tide! Very low.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:47 pm

Mine scored zero.

They must have gotten wind of the poisonous snake that wanted to share the walk with daughter youngest and I a couple of days ago. Ah well.

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:55 pm

94! I can walk to most places, if not then bike or bus. Probably better than most 94's because the climate is fair weather all year round--rarely too hot, cold or stormy to walk.

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:58 pm

Just playing around with it a little more. I'm not sure how they figure the distances, but it's not just how the crow flies. It told me the nearest school is .22 miles away - I didn't realize my backyard was that big! (the school is directly behind my backyard).

And I don't know if it's a matter of the fire numbers we use in our county, but when I put in my work address that has a fire number, it had it on the right road but not even close to where it actually is (though this is a problem with many mapping/direction websites too).

And for some reason it renamed our library - it's the Aram library, but according to this it's the John Gant Library (unless there's a secret library I don't know about in the same location as our public library).

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:37 pm

A 48, which sounds a bit ambitious to me. I had to laugh that they count Tim Horton's Donuts as a restaurant. So very Canadian!

djm

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:39 pm

Peter Laban wrote:'Address cannot be found'

Just how I like it

Me too!!! and I'm happy they can't find me. The only thing anyone walking would find are some cattle,pastures, hay meadows and woods with the occasional wild critter here and yon.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:18 pm

I got a 43; maybe that's the average value for suburbs here in the US. I did notice the Sears Tower in Chicago got high nineties, but maybe that's only in the spring and fall.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:29 pm

I got zero. They listed a hot dog shop to be 2 miles when it's about 5. Many of the shops aren't there any more. And there's no accounting for safety.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:12 am

I got 71, though it said the address was in England

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:01 am

My work place in Boston scored a perfect 100.

My home scored a perfect 15. The test is set up to determine the convenience of walking "to" some place as opposed to walking to "be" some place. We are fortunate to live in a beautiful place. Two lane roads, no side walks, walkers everywhere. Lots of water views, marsh veiws, big houses, serious gardens etc. Nothing commerical. We're about half way up what amounts to a 1 mile dead end. This time of year there's an organized group of bikers (non-motorized) riding around almost every weekend. I wonder if seeing sweaty me slogging along behnd the lawn mower spoils their day.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:12 am

dwinterfield wrote:The test is set up to determine the convenience of walking "to" some place as opposed to walking to "be" some place.

Yes. Apparently the site's raison d'être is to assist someone in gauging the relative necessity of a car in a particular neighborhood, if he/she's in the market for a new place to live. So, what it factors in as important is proximity to businesses and services which you'd otherwise have to drive to.

Obviously, if what "walkability" means to you is access to scenic nature trails, or just nearby neighbors, the score your address receives is not necessarily going to reflect that.

Also, obviously, if you relied solely on this website, even for its stated purpose, you might end up with 7-11 as your accessible "grocer."

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:21 am

dwinterfield wrote:My work place in Boston scored a perfect 100.

Yup, we must be spittin' distance from one another. (Well, isn't everything in downtown Boston?) Actually my true work address is 02111 (right on the common), which scored 98, but when I put in the next zip over 02111 (probably yours?) the score went up to 100. Guess that pesky Boston Common and Gardens green space takes up too much retail acreage making that part of the city less walkable

I'm willing to bet Boston also has more students and Doctors per square mile than any other city in the U.S., if not the world.

And oh yeah, it is a very walkable city

The downside is the housing cost here

Loren

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:35 am

Loren wrote:
dwinterfield wrote:My work place in Boston scored a perfect 100.

Yup, we must be spittin' distance from one another. (Well, isn't everything in downtown Boston?) Actually my true work address is 02111 (right on the common), which scored 98, but when I put in the next zip over 02111 (probably yours?) the score went up to 100. Guess that pesky Boston Common and Gardens green space takes up too much retail acreage making that part of the city less walkable

I'm willing to bet Boston also has more students and Doctors per square mile than any other city in the U.S., if not the world.

And oh yeah, it is a very walkable city The downside is the housing cost here Loren

On top of Gov't Center Garage.

I believe the student population in the city of Boston is more than 100,000. I don't know if that includes Cambridge. I've heard they have some schools there.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:59 am

zero