I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to most amenities. Trader Joes (1 Mile), Henry’s (1 Mile), Home Depot (5 miles), Library (6 Miles). I try to walk and do my errands at the same time. Saves money, the environment and best of all my health. Now there is a great site that rates your walking neighborhood.- Plug in your address at Walk Score and it give you the walkability of your address with a map that locates nearby stores, restaurants. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite neighborhood. My neighborhood rates 45 out of 100 (Car Dependent). I am actually surprised by this because every amenity is close.
I Just Gotta Tell Ya
- Average residenet of a ‘walking neighborhood weighs 7 pounds less.
- Residents of walkable neighborhood drive less and have fewer car accidents.
- Cars are a major cause of global warming
- Studies show that for every 10 minutes a person spends in commuting- time spent in community activites falls by 10#
Just for fun- the following neighborhood are deemed the best walking neighborhoods with scores 90 and above. (I’ve been to 56 of them)
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