Monday, May 12, 2008

Walkability

So there is a way to calculate how good your address is to walk to conveniences. I will likely use this during home searches. My current place gets an 82.

http://www.walkscore.com/

4 comments:

Nestarv deMark said...

Why only walkscore? Maybe also we should use drive score (BTW it’s already used by sellers from Fizber). Or maybe train score? Any more ideas?

JAK said...

I vote for "bikescore", taking road condition, traffic or bike paths into account.

My walkscore is 40. Apparently 1.8 miles is too far to walk to the gym.

solarsquirrel said...

Mine score is terrible. I think this thing is wrong. They assume you are fat and out of shape and incapable of going far. I have ridden my bike to the grocery store many times and it is almost as fast as driving. We need one that is for non-sedentary people.

Mungkee said...

Or maybe you just live in a bad part of the country...