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My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

Walk Score

Taken from another forum...calculates how dependent you might be on your vehicle...just something interesting I felt like sharing. And yea, Britain is going to own the lot of us in scores...

Denver, CO

63/100...a bit surprising considering how extensive our bus/light rail service is and I live near downtown...

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

31/100 from my house (Grimsby, UK)

that said I live in a suburb and I'm pretty sure if I used for example my friend's house which is closer to the town center the score will be much higher. i shall see~

Ok that only bumps it up to 38/100. Guess Grimsby sucks.

That said this site seems to have quite a conservative view on what is considered walking distance and it seems to lack certain locations - the site claims my closest gym is over 2 miles away, whereas there is blatantly a swimming pool and gym less than half a distance away that isn't marked on the map.

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

Haha, my house (Cannock, UK) gets a 22/100 which I think is quite harsh, as the town centre is an 18 minute walk (or you can take the bus which runs every 10 minutes, and the nearest stop is 3 minutes at most), or you can go up the high street which is a 10 minute walk. Unfortunately the nearest cinema is about 10 miles away.

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL!

My old town in England was 91/100. Walker's paradise. Damn, now I want to go back, I miss the weather.

Also The Moon is in South Dakota.

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

95/100

Harlemworld STAND UP

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My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

32 for my home in Blaine... 51 for my university's main campus in St Paul

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

I put in my postcode and it gave me a score of 4/100... because it got completely the wrong location. o_O Same thing when I try my uni postcode.

Putting in my street gives a walk score of 56 which is pretty fair. I'm quite a way out from the town centre but I could walk it if I really wanted to. Doing the same for Cambridge, however, gives 44/100 which is bizarre as Cambridge is a hell of a lot more walkable than Cardiff. I've gotten by two years so far without so much as a bike and hardly ever using the bus. Hell, if anything Cambridge discourages vehicle use because the roads are crap and full of cyclists. Putting in a more central location in Cambridge gives a much more sensible 80/100, although I'm not sure where it's getting 1.3 miles for the nearest park as there's one two minutes' walk away.

Putting in just city names rather than specific places gives 84 for Cardiff (which is true of the town centre I guess, but not many people actually live in the centre). Funnily enough doing the same thing for Cambridge gives the exact same score.

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

NYC = 100/100.

Now if I only I walked. Or lived in New York.

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

57/100 "somewhat walkable"

My Recent Posts · (07/17/2008

54

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

Shadow Hog wrote:
Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL!

*cough*

2/100.

>_>;

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

A measly 23/100 D:

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

74, surprisingly.

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

65/100 for my area of Bristol, not bad. It does miss things out - I can think of a book store just up the high street that isn't on their map, although granted that's secondhand books.

It rates the cinema less than a mile away quite highly, I'd imagine. What it doesn't say is that the only way to get there is to walk firstly through an industrial estate, then down a badly-lit, narrow, generally deserted footpath / cycle path over the canal and finally through an isolated pedestrian subway... Strangely enough, I take the car!

Where I may end up moving to in a few years (only a mile or so up the road) is rated 56/100. Daft thing hasn't noticed that the nearest library to this new location is the same one as the old, but about half a mile nearer.

DW

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

My town gets 28/100...
But it's CLEARLY missing a couple of things, as it lists the closest book store at 45km and there's one further down the street... also, half of the "Grocery stores" listed seem to be hotels. o.o"

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

54/100
the map got most of the major things around me, but it did miss alot of small parks and restaurants nearby. that thing's pretty cool, though.

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

Walk Score: 48 out of 100 - Car-Dependent

Omaha, Nebraska and I live on campus not that close to downtown XD

Ultra Sonic 007 wrote:

Shadow Hog wrote:

Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL!

*cough*

2/100.

>_>;

As for my hometown where I lived until 3 years ago:

Walk Score: 0 out of 100 - Car-Dependent

Hahaha beat that! Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico is not pedestrian friendly.

My Recent Posts · (07/18/2008

Just took a walk today in San Francisco starting from the Ferry Building. Went to a lot of places before returning there for my ride home. Anyway:

San Francisco, CA - 97/100

I am really tired now.

My Recent Posts · (07/20/2008

From my place, Tally gets a 54/100.

However, as a couple posts have previously established, this thing has some pretty weird criteria. For example, this little Italian deli in a plaza near me is listed as both the closest restaurant and the closest grocery store. The Publix about a mile away is mentioned as the closest drug store. A Tae Kwon Do place gets mentioned as the nearest fitness center (ignoring the Gold's Gym less than a quarter-mile away) and the nearest school. There's also supposedly a Starbucks just over a mile away that I've yet to actually see. Fortunately. I thought those things were concentrated downtown and around the universities.

My Recent Posts · (07/20/2008

considering I live in a small town in midwest U.S.A. with a extremly low crime rate, my town is very walkable...but reallly im just to darn lazy to go anywhere with out my car.

i'd give it a score of 81/100

My Recent Posts · (07/21/2008

From my current lodgings:

Walk Score:

73 out of 100 - Very Walkable

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tornadot	Walk Score (How Walkable is your city?)	Lead	[-]
Posts: 4256 (07/17/2008 1:53 PM) Free as the Wind Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Walk Score Taken from another forum...calculates how dependent you might be on your vehicle...just something interesting I felt like sharing. And yea, Britain is going to own the lot of us in scores... Denver, CO 63/100...a bit surprising considering how extensive our bus/light rail service is and I live near downtown... Timon: Boy, he looks blue... Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold Timon: No no no, I mean he's depressed Pumbaa: Oh...
The Human Shadow		#1	[-]
Posts: 5091 (07/17/2008 2:58 PM) VEHICLE DESTROYER <3 Trudi Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	31/100 from my house (Grimsby, UK) that said I live in a suburb and I'm pretty sure if I used for example my friend's house which is closer to the town center the score will be much higher. i shall see~ Ok that only bumps it up to 38/100. Guess Grimsby sucks. That said this site seems to have quite a conservative view on what is considered walking distance and it seems to lack certain locations - the site claims my closest gym is over 2 miles away, whereas there is blatantly a swimming pool and gym less than half a distance away that isn't marked on the map. Last Edited By: The Human Shadow 07/17/2008 3:06 PM. Edited 1 times.
One Tru Blu		#2	[-]
Posts: 4528 (07/17/2008 3:17 PM) Who? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Haha, my house (Cannock, UK) gets a 22/100 which I think is quite harsh, as the town centre is an 18 minute walk (or you can take the bus which runs every 10 minutes, and the nearest stop is 3 minutes at most), or you can go up the high street which is a 10 minute walk. Unfortunately the nearest cinema is about 10 miles away.
Shadow Hog		#3	[-]
Posts: 13511 (07/17/2008 3:39 PM) "The miracle never happen." Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL! My old town in England was 91/100. Walker's paradise. Damn, now I want to go back, I miss the weather. Also The Moon is in South Dakota. Last Edited By: Shadow Hog 07/17/2008 3:47 PM. Edited 1 times.
Darkest Light		#4	[-]
Posts: 4043 (07/17/2008 5:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	95/100 Harlemworld STAND UP ! Hee hee hee
Hiro0015		#5	[-]
Posts: 2502 (07/17/2008 5:51 PM) King of Ellipsis... Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	32 for my home in Blaine... 51 for my university's main campus in St Paul
Nuchtos		#6	[-]
Posts: 3350 (07/17/2008 7:08 PM) soup Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I put in my postcode and it gave me a score of 4/100... because it got completely the wrong location. o_O Same thing when I try my uni postcode. Putting in my street gives a walk score of 56 which is pretty fair. I'm quite a way out from the town centre but I could walk it if I really wanted to. Doing the same for Cambridge, however, gives 44/100 which is bizarre as Cambridge is a hell of a lot more walkable than Cardiff. I've gotten by two years so far without so much as a bike and hardly ever using the bus. Hell, if anything Cambridge discourages vehicle use because the roads are crap and full of cyclists. Putting in a more central location in Cambridge gives a much more sensible 80/100, although I'm not sure where it's getting 1.3 miles for the nearest park as there's one two minutes' walk away. Putting in just city names rather than specific places gives 84 for Cardiff (which is true of the town centre I guess, but not many people actually live in the centre). Funnily enough doing the same thing for Cambridge gives the exact same score. --Nuchtos
SX the kitsune		#7	[-]
Posts: 5946 (07/17/2008 7:32 PM) Calm voice of Insanity Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	NYC = 100/100. Now if I only I walked. Or lived in New York. FlashChat MF Lodge RP information board. RPers wanted! (RP location)
GT the Magikoopa		#8	[-]
Posts: 4324 (07/17/2008 8:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	57/100 "somewhat walkable" Don't forget the EliteBoard!
Dr Lighthead		#9	[-]
Posts: 2633 (07/17/2008 8:31 PM) DOCTOR IS IN No appointment necessary Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	54 My Swingin' IRC #
Ultra Sonic 007		#10	[-]
Posts: 15183 (07/18/2008 12:38 AM) Sqwerl Haetr Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Shadow Hog wrote: Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL! cough 2/100. >_>;
Spiner Storm		#11	[-]
Posts: 3306 (07/18/2008 12:47 AM) I have defied Gods and Demons I am your shield; I am your sword. I know you; Your past, your future. This is the way the world ends. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A measly 23/100 D: ----- Spiner Storm @ DA -----
SX the kitsune		#12	[-]
Posts: 5948 (07/18/2008 2:16 AM) Calm voice of Insanity Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	74, surprisingly. FlashChat MF Lodge RP information board. RPers wanted! (RP location)
darkwinguk		#13	[-]
Posts: 399 (07/18/2008 5:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	65/100 for my area of Bristol, not bad. It does miss things out - I can think of a book store just up the high street that isn't on their map, although granted that's secondhand books. It rates the cinema less than a mile away quite highly, I'd imagine. What it doesn't say is that the only way to get there is to walk firstly through an industrial estate, then down a badly-lit, narrow, generally deserted footpath / cycle path over the canal and finally through an isolated pedestrian subway... Strangely enough, I take the car! Where I may end up moving to in a few years (only a mile or so up the road) is rated 56/100. Daft thing hasn't noticed that the nearest library to this new location is the same one as the old, but about half a mile nearer. DW I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the auditor who wants to see your books. I am Darkwing Duck!
Erika the Ocelot		#14	[-]
Posts: 1731 (07/18/2008 8:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My town gets 28/100... But it's CLEARLY missing a couple of things, as it lists the closest book store at 45km and there's one further down the street... also, half of the "Grocery stores" listed seem to be hotels. o.o"
steebay31		#15	[-]
Posts: 4898 (07/18/2008 12:14 PM) Clever Little Guise, Wonderful Surprise. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	54/100 the map got most of the major things around me, but it did miss alot of small parks and restaurants nearby. that thing's pretty cool, though.
HidoiKijo		#16	[-]
Posts: 210 (07/18/2008 2:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Walk Score: 48 out of 100 - Car-Dependent Omaha, Nebraska and I live on campus not that close to downtown XD Ultra Sonic 007 wrote: Shadow Hog wrote: Ha, I'm worse than all of you! 11/100 FTL! cough 2/100. >_>; As for my hometown where I lived until 3 years ago: Walk Score: 0 out of 100 - Car-Dependent Hahaha beat that! Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico is not pedestrian friendly. ~~~ Bloody hell it's SHh signaling in Neural Progenitor Cells... so you're telling me that without Sonic signaling we would have no neurons and be brainless? Oh the irony of it all! "My head doesn't seem to understand my head." - Neuroanatomy class Last Edited By: HidoiKijo 07/18/2008 2:34 PM. Edited 2 times.
Tarsun		#17	[-]
Posts: 19 (07/18/2008 6:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just took a walk today in San Francisco starting from the Ferry Building. Went to a lot of places before returning there for my ride home. Anyway: San Francisco, CA - 97/100 I am really tired now.
SDF Jerry P		#18	[-]
Posts: 1441 (07/20/2008 11:07 AM) Ninja Librarian Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	From my place, Tally gets a 54/100. However, as a couple posts have previously established, this thing has some pretty weird criteria. For example, this little Italian deli in a plaza near me is listed as both the closest restaurant and the closest grocery store. The Publix about a mile away is mentioned as the closest drug store. A Tae Kwon Do place gets mentioned as the nearest fitness center (ignoring the Gold's Gym less than a quarter-mile away) and the nearest school. There's also supposedly a Starbucks just over a mile away that I've yet to actually see. Fortunately. I thought those things were concentrated downtown and around the universities. \|\|Jerry P.\|\| "Chaos, panic and disorder. . . my work here is done."
Legionfan44		#19	[-]
Posts: 91 (07/20/2008 11:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	considering I live in a small town in midwest U.S.A. with a extremly low crime rate, my town is very walkable...but reallly im just to darn lazy to go anywhere with out my car. i'd give it a score of 81/100
Silvershadow0		#20	[-]
Posts: 1327 (07/21/2008 11:03 AM) Tenna prena posteri dire Vertus narrel mea chorus Aude valde generous sana fiare actertis Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	From my current lodgings: Walk Score: 73 out of 100 - Very Walkable ¦3

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