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By: It’s not easy being…compulsive « Pamela Poole

It’s not easy being…compulsive « Pamela Poole — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:42:51 +0000

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By: Charles McPhate

Charles McPhate — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:54:45 +0000

I’ll also add that I get really irritated when my friends want to take a cab to go somewhere that’s a mere 10-minute walk away. What’s with that nonsense? Might help explain why as a nation we’re getting so much fatter.

By: Charles McPhate

Charles McPhate — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:22 +0000

I’m lucky to live in downtown Chicago; my walk score is 100. I got rid of my car when I moved here seven years ago and haven’t regretted it. I moved here from Louisiana, where the streets were not made for walkin’.

I spend almost all of my time within walking distance of home, which is anywhere within 2 miles or so. When I need to go farther, or I’m carrying something heavy, I just take a train or bus.

Despite how walkable Chicago is, we still have the second worst traffic in the country. Way too many people still drive instead of walk. One of my neighbors actually drives to her office — a mere five blocks away. Shocking, I know. And disappointing.

By: COD

COD — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:28:37 +0000

The walkability score from that site does not factor in lack of sidewalks, traffic etc. It ranks my neigborhood at 65% – and it’s a joke. The movie theater it wants me to walk to is 1.5 miles away, which is close enough. However, there are no sidewalks, no crosswalks, and the path there is along and across a divided highway with 3-4 lanes each way and a 45 mph speed limit. Trying to walk to the movies would be a good way to die!

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:29:09 +0000

My favorite U.S cities are New York, San Francisco and Boston — all very walkable.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:27:51 +0000

I remember at the start of Bill Bryson’s “A Walk In the Woods” where he decides to walk to the grocery store, but finds it very hard — no sidewalks. I think he ends up having to walk through a storm drain at one point! Living in Europe, I find it hard to comprehend how you can have such pedestrian unfriendly places, but I guess your towns were developed around car usage.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:37:47 +0000

I’ve known about this site for a while and my address in Phoenix has a walk score of 86! Its a great part of town and I love being able to walk EVERYWHERE!

By: Nancy Nally

Nancy Nally — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:53:48 +0000

My neighborhood has a walk score of…wait for it….THREE. Bet you didn’t think one that low was possible, did you? LOL

We don’t even have sidewalks on my street! And I don’t live in the middle of nowhere. I live in a residential neighborhood in a decent-sized city. My daughter’s school is less than 1.5 miles away and I don’t even feel safe walking her to school because of the lack of sidewalks on our narrow street where traffic frequently moves upwards of 30mph. So I drive her everyday.

I visited an area near downtown Atlanta recently where there were lots of condo developments that had been planned to have shopping and public transport access within walking distance. I was so jealous! It looked so wonderful to not have to get into a car to go everywhere!