What's your neighborhood's walkability score?: Plug in your address and find out......

[marmar]

Here's the link to WalkScore: http://www.walkscore.com/

[glowing]

1. I think most of Florida will score Not Walkable... things are close,

but not that close and handy without a car.

[Mojorabbit]

15. I am just outside of orlando

and mine was 54. A bit high though for what I know is close to me.

[glowing]

18. Mine was a 26...in Tampa Bay.

[MikeE]

2. 82! Not bad

Of course, I noticed that it doesn't have some of the grocery and the new Hardware and bike store. Also, I walk to work, (only about 10 minutes away). I haven't had a car in over 20 years.

[flvegan]

3. 30.

I'm not surprised.

[Ewellian]

4. zero

The nearest "anything" is over 3 miles away.

[Myrina]

5. must be an old map ...

... they gave my n'hood a 46 but i live +/- 50 yards from a converted railway that's now a running/walking/biking trail which gives easy access to pretty much every other part of the city ...


Hmmm.

[MuseRider]

6. 3

The closest thing is a Gambino's Pizza and I have never seen it. I don't think it is there. Other than that most things are 3+ miles and that is if you count a Casey's General Store (a glorified Quik Shop) as a restaurant.

[billyoc]

7. 98 out of 100!

:woohoo:

Now if only I didn't despise the fucking place, I'd be doing great. :eyes:

[jody]

8. Living next to a wilderness area would score zero but IMO the score is 100 n/t

[Mist]

9. Our neighborhood is the confluence of 2 greenways--one of its great

amenities. Stores are within a mile or less, as are restaurants and bus stops. This is a very strolly/dog-walky/bicycling neighborhood, and yet it scored 15! Which is just nuts...

[tinrobot]

10. 77 in Los Angeles

... and they say nobody walks in LA.

The map didn't snag the Trader Joes a few blocks from my house, so I suspect the score is actually higher.

[ccpup]

11. 98 out of 100

but I do live in a prime area of Greenwich Village in NYC surrounded by everything, so it's not too much of a shock. :-)

[enid602]

12. OHX

77 in Phoenix, but you have to carry an umbrella to avoid skin cancer.

[kestrel91316]

25. They are called parasols. They need to make a fashion comeback, IMHO.

[OneBlueSky]

13. 49, but some of the listings are bogus . . .

for example, the closest bookstore they list is at a Catholic shrine up the road . . . not much there unless you're of that religion . . .

[rosesaylavee]

14. 74 and in the suburbs no less

All we need is a grocery. We have an Aldi's going in across town so that will raise our score. Good to know - try to walk to things when I have the time to do so and the humidity is not 80%.

[madrchsod]

16. really bad ...more than half the business not list

within a half a mile.no mention of the parks,walking paths,bike paths,public golf course all with in 3/4 mile from my street...

[fed-up]

17. kicking/rec for the fun of it nt

[monmouth]

19. 92 out of 100 for downtown West Palm Beach...Yippeee... Ugh, too hot.

[oldhippie]

20. zero

And I'm actually within the city limits of a good size city of 30,000 people. 2 miles to the nearest convienience story (real grocery store is about 4 miles away). The worst thing is the nearest bar is 8 miles away!

[MountainLaurel]

21. 9 out of 100

It's about a mile to a convenience store or gas station, two to a grocery store, three to a library.

[amandabeech]

22. 48 which is totally bogus for the location.

I live in a community planned for walking! Many of the restaurants, etc. that I frequent or see daily are not on the map! There are other conveniences that the map apparently does not mark, such as banks, day-care centers and wine/liquor/beer stores, all of which are in walking distance for me.

The map also does not take account the big walk-to: the D.C. Metro is a 10-15 minute walk! That should count for mucho points since it means that I use little petroleum to get to work on most days. Of course the Metro runs on electricity, which is probably generated by coal, but electricity can be generated relatively cleanly and probably will be in the future.

[kestrel91316]

23. Mine scored 78. Not bad for Los Angeles!

What with mass transit being half a block away, and some ability to bicycle (on the sidewalk right here, lol), I'd rank it much higher. The biggest trouble is getting to the airport. Burbank is a LONG bus ride with one change, and LAX flyaway bus itself is inaccessible by less than 4 separate bus rides on a roundabout route (and you don't want to drive there and find out the parking lot is full!).

[Captain Angry]

24. 28. In an apartment complex. In a city of 100,000+

Nice.

My old place, in the middle of nowhere got a 58. Methinks their model isn't perfect. But it's a neat site.