Yeah, Walkscore considers the liquor/convenience store across the street from me to be a "grocery store."
― jaymc, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
so to summarize: Walkscore does NOT use a definition of "walkable" most people would agree to but is awesome because it considers booze and porn to be staple items
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
went from 80% in DC to 94% at our first SF apt to 95% now!
― 69, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope you're walking right now.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
its definition of walkable, fwiw: What makes a neighborhood walkable?
* A center: Walkable neighborhoods have a center, whether it's a main street or a public space. * People: Enough people for businesses to flourish and for public transit to run frequently. * Mixed income, mixed use: Affordable housing located near businesses. * Parks and public space: Plenty of public places to gather and play. * Pedestrian design: Buildings are close to the street, parking lots are relegated to the back. * Schools and workplaces: Close enough that most residents can walk from their homes. * Complete streets: Streets designed for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit.
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Walkscore lists the little kosher convenience store down the street from me as a grocery store, but not the Dave's Supermarket the same distance in the other direction. ¯\(°_0)/¯
― I guess for copraphiles this is gonna be awesome (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
also lol @ my parents and their (expected) score of 0
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
why do black people never want to walk
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
my walkscore is 95/100. it's true. kinda got it all right here.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Might be slightly counter-intuitive but I think of walkable cities not so much as "you can walk to most stuff" but also one that has a public transport infrastructure that means if you go to a different part of the city its walkable at the other end too
I think of the former description being more "walkable neighborhoods" than "walkable cities"
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I just rechecked mine since I moved a few months ago and it's 100%. Does that mean I'm not allowed to post to this thread anymore?
― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
When I was in Seoul it felt like when the urban stopped the rural started immediately which gave this feeling that even in the densest center of the city you could be out in the mountains very quickly
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, they live in the woods off a gravel road; walking = ticks.
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
huh. 54 out of 100, but they missed a ton of stuff. meh.
― ULTRAMAN dat ho (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
right, a walkable city consists of a lot of walkable neighborhoods. relatively few people in nyc or sf actually walk to work.
xp
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
why don't we just rename this thread "People Who Want Every City To Be Like New York: Classy, Icky, or Dudes?"
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I have w/in 5 blocks:
Numerous restaurants and take-outs of many levels of quality and price and bars (including places to dance);Several liquor stores (neighborhood stores);Several dry cleaners/laundromats;Several groceries or supermarkets;Many cafes;2 parks;Pharmacy;Record stores;At least one church (not really sure about all possible spiritual options apart from the bars);A dentist;Various hairstylists/spas/mani-pedicurists;Several medical cannibis dispensaries/head shops;A second hand coooking-ware shop and several generic second hand clothing or furniture stores;Several clothing stores;Access to various transit;A hardware store;A glazer;A comic book store;A hotel;3 gas station/mechanics, one w/a carwash;Several pet stores; and aA bank.
― If the US had a dictator we'd call him coach (Michael White), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i could build a zipline from my upstairs window to the bar on my block.
after that nothing else really matters imo
― ULTRAMAN dat ho (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm told that I'm surrounded by grocery stores, but they're bodegas and only sell the worst food and overpriced beer and they close early. I have to take a train anywhere to get food. *Not* walkable!
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
actually with a running start i could prob high jump from my backyard into their horseshoe pit.
― ULTRAMAN dat ho (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I would consider paying money to see that
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
And I'd be waiting there w/a beer for you.
― If the US had a dictator we'd call him coach (Michael White), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
jj, if you just carabinered a growler to the zip line you'd be 110% ready to go. Better if you didn't have to climb stairs, though. Can you rig it from your porch?
― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
walkability score should obviously be fixed to include zipline data
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I suggest building one of those reverse-bungee things you see at amusement parks and carnivals
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
eh i don't want to know what you'd shake out of the clientele with one of those things
― goole, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
it gave my home a 60% (somewhat walkable), but really the only thing that's within walking distance is the train station and lil transit stub at the side of the page said "no data available" so uh??
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
sister A, lives in suburb about 12mi from city limits: 95sister B, lives in heart of city: 89
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
mayor daley needs to address this dearth of tittymag n booze options :(
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
no idea what walkscore.com is using to parse & recognize businesses but yeah it's got some weaknesses. and they're not at all upfront about their methodology
― goole, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty insidious
― max, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
probably part of the "move to new hampshire" conspiracy
― max, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
mind you sister A's suburban location IS extremely walkable, by any definition.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so wtf are you complaining about
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
point out where i complained
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
complain complain complain
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― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
o fuck
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
he's got you there, dude
― Damn these skinny jeans' pockets. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
It gave mine an 86 and I live in one of the most walkable neighborhoods I've ever lived in. I spend by far more time walking than I do on the bus/train or in my car.
― If the US had a dictator we'd call him coach (Michael White), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I seemingly live exactly 12 blocks from everything useful. I kinda live on the mostly residential outskirts of my neighborhood, away from the commercial/public center of it tho. It's a 12 minute walk/5 minute ride to that area.
― nakhchivan. nakhchivan. nakhchivan i wanna rock ya (The Reverend), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the site works better on the neighborhood-level
― iatee, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I got an 86 but it listed an auto upholstery business as a restaurant, and an audio/video store as a theater.
― nickn, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I eat auto upholstery all the time.
― nakhchivan. nakhchivan. nakhchivan i wanna rock ya (The Reverend), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
goes great with a nice Avanti
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
It's called Sardo's, and apparently there's a Sardo's bar and grill about 15 miles away, so that must be the reason.
― nickn, Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
lol my parent's house has a 20/100. my old house in philly has a 89/100. ;_;
― dyao, Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
my hometown city's average is 70 which is pretty good actually (on par w/ dc) but my childhood home (in a suburban part) is 38.
current place is 94.
― iatee, Thursday, 17 June 2010 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/newhomes/ct-home-0709-mixed-use-developments-20100707,0,6426551.story
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
note that the places mentioned are all privately developed and financed, and not very affordable
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
also unrepresentative of most of the development going on elsewhere
― iatee, Monday, 19 July 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link