Does your neighborhood walk the walk, or just talk?
This site, WalkScore, determines how "walkable" (which extrapolates to "runnable") your neighborhood is by calculating the distance between a location (e.g., your home) and commonly used places such as the library and market. I'm not sure how accurate this thing is. I mean, yes, I can walk to the library and have two big-box retailers with groceries within 2 miles of my home, but it does not take safety or pleasantness into account -- like I expect technology to know that I hate walking under freeway passes due to loudness and dead/alive pigeons and eggs. Errrrr....
Anyway... give it a try! Here's my parents' home score. The image isn't working too well on my current PC, but maybe it will on yours?):
This site, WalkScore, determines how "walkable" (which extrapolates to "runnable") your neighborhood is by calculating the distance between a location (e.g., your home) and commonly used places such as the library and market. I'm not sure how accurate this thing is. I mean, yes, I can walk to the library and have two big-box retailers with groceries within 2 miles of my home, but it does not take safety or pleasantness into account -- like I expect technology to know that I hate walking under freeway passes due to loudness and dead/alive pigeons and eggs. Errrrr....
Anyway... give it a try! Here's my parents' home score. The image isn't working too well on my current PC, but maybe it will on yours?):
Hahaha...I have that same hatred of walking under freeway passes as well. Especially if there are people living under there. :s
ReplyDeleteOk, I am confused, Are you Nobel4Lit or Tea time, or one in the same? lol. Anyways, I have added this site "A case of the runs" onto my site. Love the info. I tried out the walk thing, and I scored a big fat "2". The road I live on is only 35 MPH, but the cars are not very friendly. Thanks for sharing this. Take care.
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