View Poll Results: What's Your (Primary Address) Walkscore?
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90-100 Walker's Paradise
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9 |
12.86% |
70-89 Very Walkable
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13 |
18.57% |
50-69 Somewhat Walkable
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18 |
25.71% |
25-49 Car Dependent
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10 |
14.29% |
0-24 (Hopelessly) Car Dependent
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28.57% |
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Poll: What's Your Walkscore?
06-07-2012, 04:28 PM
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#1
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,206
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Poll: What's Your Walkscore?
Stemming from another thread, what's the Walkscore for your primary address? Just type in your address here Get Your Walk Score - Find Walkable Apartments and Rentals - example format "1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC." See output below.
You'll get a Walkscore for your address along with the specific Restaurants, Bars, Schools, Parks, Grocery Stores, Banks, Bookstores, Shopping, etc. your score is based on and a map.
Have fun!!!
http://www.walkscore.com/about.shtml
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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06-07-2012, 04:37 PM
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#2
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 14,404
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Our score was 45, and that sounds about right. I could walk to a grocery store, about 10 restaurants/fast food joints, a couple of banks.
DW and I take a walk most days, but never "to" anyplace for a specific purpose. The car is just too convenient: No parking shortage or charges here, almost never any traffic, and really very little in fuel cost in the grand scheme of things.
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06-07-2012, 04:42 PM
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#3
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,608
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My neighborhood gets a 39, so pretty much car dependent.
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06-07-2012, 04:59 PM
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#4
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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6 here.
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06-07-2012, 05:04 PM
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#5
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,431
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65....somewhat surprising.
I grew up living in the heart of Toronto, with a score of 97. Loved it.
omni
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06-07-2012, 05:05 PM
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#6
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 106
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Where we used to live was 57, now we are at 75. At our old place in 4 years I think we walked to get food or services maybe 3 or 4 times, so an average of once a year lol.
In the new place we walk on average to get food or services once a week.
EDIT: Tried the place we lived 2 moves ago. Walker score of 95. There we probably walked somewhere almost every day.
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06-07-2012, 05:07 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 10,252
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Since when is GNC a grocery store?
My neighborhood scored in the 30's which is interesting since within about a half mile there are:
Kroger Signature grocery store
Drug store
Video store
Many sit-down restaurants
Banks
Dentists
Doctors
Vet
2 Starbucks
Gas stations
Fast food restaurants
Auto repair shops
Several schools
Parks
Public swimming pool
A GNC store
However, there are only homes, schools, parks within 0.4 miles.
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06-07-2012, 05:21 PM
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#8
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,894
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Old neighborhood: 14. Suburb in the south.
New neighborhood: 94. Downtown San Fran.
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06-07-2012, 05:24 PM
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#9
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,199
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My ZIP code gets a 68, but my home address gets a 2 (a little over two miles to the nearest sidewalk where walking would be possible).
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06-07-2012, 05:52 PM
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#10
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Oregon Coast
Posts: 16,483
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71 here, though you wouldn't want to walk here 6 months out of the year.
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06-07-2012, 06:02 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,366
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17, smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
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06-07-2012, 06:04 PM
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#12
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 147
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I did my old house - 32, and my new apartment - 97!!! A big part of the reason I moved into this neighborhood is that I wanted to be less car-dependent. I love it!
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06-07-2012, 06:10 PM
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#13
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,206
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As I posted in another thread, our Walkscore is not only low, it's actually 0. I double checked today to make sure I entered it right the first time. The closest service of any kind is 2.26 miles. We might as well live on Mars...
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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06-07-2012, 06:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,440
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28 here and like Ziggy, if we walked anytime in the summer we'd burst into flames.
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06-07-2012, 06:35 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast USA
Posts: 548
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Another "0" here. Maybe that explains why we have 5 cars/trucks at my house.
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06-07-2012, 06:36 PM
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#16
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy29
71 here, though you wouldn't want to walk here 6 months out of the year.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa99
28 here and like Ziggy, if we walked anytime in the summer we'd burst into flames.
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We'd freeze to death 3 months of the year and be pretty comfy the other 9 months - but with no where to walk to...
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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06-07-2012, 06:41 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,586
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We're 55. Anything less than a 90 and you need a car, so a 70 is as good as a 0. We like having lots of choices in a 10 mile radius or so.
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06-07-2012, 07:44 PM
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#18
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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88
Out of 100
Very Walkable
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The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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06-07-2012, 07:51 PM
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#19
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 83
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We're another "0" although most of the services are located within one to two miles of our farm. It may take into account the fact that we don't have any sidewalks close to our home.
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06-07-2012, 10:32 PM
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#20
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 313
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63 for my current place, but it doesn't take into account that we're on top of a hill, so that 1/2 mile walk is all uphill on the way back, so I think it's lower.
The house we made an offer on, but didn't get is a 71, but is way more walkable.
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