How walkable is your home?

[Oban]

Neat little website I just saw on a blog.  I scored, or rather my house scored, a 54.

http://www.walkscore.com/index.shtml

[Samwise]

I got an 82.  I'd probably score higher if the thing took into account that I can walk to work too.   :-D

[Yoru]

I got an 82.  I'd probably score higher if the thing took into account that I can walk to work too.   :-D

Ditto. Well, 83. It would be much higher if it realized that I live within a block of the local light rail and two major bus arteries. It also miscalculated the nearest park being 0.6 miles away, when it's actually two blocks away.

Still, neato.

[schild]

Getting on public transport to get somewhere important should lower your walkrank, imo.

Walk Score: 23 out of 100

No shit, really?

[dusematic]

58.

[Furiously]

65

[Trippy]

29.

[Merusk]

3

Eat it, environment.

Ed:  And that should be lower still.   BP does NOT count as a grocery store you sad, sad webdesigners.  Nor do out-of-district schools count, but I can give them a pass on that one since they have no way of knowing.

[Ironwood]

Address not found.  Imagine my surprise.

There needs to be a Scottish one.  It could be a walkable chart and a likelyhood of getting stabbed subchart.

[dusematic]

I knew a Scottish guy in undergrad.  Man, he was crazy. 

[Ironwood]

Or as we say over here 'Normal'.

[dusematic]

Everytime we went out drinking he would scream at women about "poonanny," which he said was Spanish for pussy, but I didn't believe him.  Mainly I was too scared of him to say otherwise.  One time he bet some guy $400 that he could kick a football over the goalpost of the football field from the 50 yard line.  He lost.  He drove a car that he "found" in the woods.  For some reason everyone let him drive us home when we were wasted and I swear he went 80 down these country backroads in the woods just so he could hit this little bridge and go airborne.  I've never come closer to dying.  Plus he always tried to score coke from black people.

[Ironwood]

He was from Paisley then ?

[JWIV]

92!  Glad to know Baltimore's good for something.

[MrHat]

Walk Score: 8 out of 100

Good to know Abingdon/Bel Air is good for nothing!

[UD_Delt]

82 for me. I'm curious what would increase that score since everything they have listed is within a half mile with most things being in the .2m range. Is this a walking score for the lazy or disabled or somesuch?


Edit: Best part of my location is the closest places are all bars, with 8 bars within .5 miles of my house. =)

[Oban]

From the site:

Your Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100. The walkability of an address depends on how far you are comfortable walking—after all, everything is within walking distance if you have the time. Here are general guidelines for interpreting your score:

    * 90 - 100 = Walkers' Paradise: Most errands can be accomplished on foot and many people get by without owning a car.
    * 70 - 90 = Very Walkable: It's possible to get by without owning a car.
    * 50 - 70 = Some Walkable Locations: Some stores and amenities are within walking distance, but many everyday trips still require a car.
    * 25 - 50 = Not Walkable: Only a few destinations are within easy walking range. For most errands, driving is a must.
    * 0 - 25 = Driving Only: Virtually no neighborhood destinations within walking range. You can walk from your house to your car!

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

Well George Bush got a 88 for living at the White House.

[Murgos]

95.

I can walk to anything, living in the heart of Boston is pretty choice.  About the only thing I need a car for is when I go skiing in the winter and that could be done by train.  Actually, where I live is so convenient I have to wonder what I could possible have lost those 5 points for?

I walk to work, I walk to the grocery store (two full sized super-markets in range), more shops, restaurants and stores than I can possibly visit - THREE shopping malls fit into the .2 mi zone, a couple of major museums, theater (movies, plays, opera and music all nearby), parks and one of the largest public libraries in the world.  If they were to extend the radius another .1 mile I would get a major state government center, a major league stadium (Fenway), and two of the most famous parks in the US (The Public Garden and the Boston Commons), sailing on the Charles River and etc....

Maybe I lost points because if I actually want to leave the country it will take about 15 minutes to get to a major seaport or airport?

[Oban]

Boston is set to -5 because of the Big Dig.

[Sky]

57. Everything under a mile (it's just about a mile to work and walkable)...except bookstore. 11 miles. Walmart is the only place to buy books in this town. I hate my town.

Most place I've lived have been 0.

[Yegolev]

Everytime we went out drinking he would scream at women about "poonanny," which he said was Spanish for pussy, but I didn't believe him.  Mainly I was too scared of him to say otherwise.  One time he bet some guy $400 that he could kick a football over the goalpost of the football field from the 50 yard line.  He lost.  He drove a car that he "found" in the woods.  For some reason everyone let him drive us home when we were wasted and I swear he went 80 down these country backroads in the woods just so he could hit this little bridge and go airborne.  I've never come closer to dying.  Plus he always tried to score coke from black people.

Are you sure he was from Scotland?  Sounds more like Alabama.  I know what poonanny is.

And my walk score is a ZERO.  Beat that, you coven of hippies.

EDIT:  Heh, it says the closest park to me is Dogwood Hills Mobile Home Park.  Fail!  Good thing I have a big yard.

[Engels]

92 here. People always look at me funny when I tell them I refuse to live anywhere else in Seattle.

[WayAbvPar]

Walk Score: 6 out of 100

Suburban living ftl. The only thing within walking distance of my house is a high school and a fire station.

[Stephen Zepp]

Walk Score: 8 out of 100

Good to know Abingdon/Bel Air is good for nothing!

Heh..I grew up in Kingsville ;)

Funny...never seen a graveyard categorized as a "park" anywhere else, but it raised my score up to a whopping 24!!!11one1cos(0)!!

[Endie]

Everytime we went out drinking he would scream at women about "poonanny," which he said was Spanish for pussy, but I didn't believe him.  Mainly I was too scared of him to say otherwise.  One time he bet some guy $400 that he could kick a football over the goalpost of the football field from the 50 yard line.  He lost.  He drove a car that he "found" in the woods.  For some reason everyone let him drive us home when we were wasted and I swear he went 80 down these country backroads in the woods just so he could hit this little bridge and go airborne.  I've never come closer to dying.  Plus he always tried to score coke from black people.

Far be it from me to reinforce stereotyping but that sounds like just about every member of my rugby team, for starters.  Not extreme examples, either.  But then I reckon that the average college kid would do most of that in the US too, no?

The 400 dollar bet thing might sound un-Scottish were it not for the cocaine you mention.  Oh, and your fucked exchange rate, which means that Bill Gates barely passes for well-to-do middle-classed over here.

[HaemishM]

Walk Score of 11, which is really horseshit, because they list a Super Stop as a grocery store, but that really only applies if I'm eating a diet of goddamn Twinkies and stale bread. Nor does it take into account the summer heat and humidity in August, which is enough to kill the healthiest human trying to walk farther than .5 miles.

[voodoolily]

Old house was an 82, new house is a 63. 

[Roac]

Zero.  Forget suburban living, rural for the win.  I disagree with the park thing though.  I'm surrounded by forrests, lakes, and bike trails.  My last house got a 23, but that's not right either.  For example, it listed a supermarket less than a mile away, but didn't take into account that there is no road that gets you there any quicker than about 5 miles.  Why does that matter if you're going to walk?  Because it means walking through several privately owned lots.  Other things in proximity have you crossing an interstate.

[Signe]

29.  It's not walkable.  I'm going to have to stop walking around!

[Lantyssa]

80.  Sure there is plenty nearby, but like Haemish, they fail to account for Houston in all but the two week window where going outside won't kill you.

[Signe]

Those strange little bugs that commit suicide in pairs on my windscreen makes walking in Houston more preferable to driving.  They've never tried to kill themselves on me, just my car.  I don't want the responsibility.

[Murgos]

Well, I've been humbled.  The guy in the cube across from me, who lives about two blocks from me, scored a 97 :(

My brother, in Florida scored a solid, and in my opinion well deserved, 0.  Heck, on hot days he takes his car to check the mail.

[Lantyssa]

Those strange little bugs that commit suicide in pairs on my windscreen makes walking in Houston more preferable to driving.  They've never tried to kill themselves on me, just my car.  I don't want the responsibility.

Love bugs.  They bless your relationship with their squishy insides.

[Nebu]

95.

I can walk to anything, living in the heart of Boston is pretty choice. 

You CAN walk to anything, but since it's so expensive to live there can you afford to do anything after walking there?  I've looked at several academic positions in Boston and I couldn't afford to live in much more than a 1BR apartment on my salary.