August 27, 2007

• 72, which I also find low. I'd thought it'd be much more walkable, given how there are all these ladies walking a couple blocks over on King, being nice and friendly. Also, I'm not sure TimHo's qualifies as a 'restaurant'.
• I scored 97 - which was not at all surprising considering that I'm in NYC. Pulling from my urban planning days, a 15-minute walk is considered "too long" for the average walking pedestrian, fimibulvetr (at least in the lazy 'ol US of A).
• I scored 33* Apparently small town life is bad. Technically, my neighbour did. I wasn't dumb enough to enter my real address.
• Meh. That explains it then. That is true for most people here in Ottawa too during the winter when it is -20 to -40C plus wind chill. They must base it on a 5 or 10 minute walk (lazy bastards). SMT: What distance is considered to be not "too long"?
• Big fat zero for me.
• Capt.: See, and I'll bet those ladies are an "ammenity" they forgot to count in the score. I also noticed they failed to consider the beer and liquor stores in the score calculation . . . and to me, that is as essential as walkable groceries.
• 85, which is not too bad for a car-centric city like Los Angeles.
• I've been using over the past few this for flat-hunting in London. Invaluable.
• Capt.: See, and I'll bet those ladies are an "ammenity" they forgot to count in the score. I don't follow. You'll have to explain.
• Oh, I imply nothing. I'm sure they just add nice, friendly local colour. And who can put a price on a smile?
• 92! Take that, bitches!
• 35. It probably should be lower, as they counted the nearest grocery store as a 7-11.
• fimbulvetr, I don't recall the actual figure, but I believe the "comfortable" walking distance was somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes (between one-quarter and one-half mile; under 1km).
• Where are the icons for crack dealers, street preachers, puke puddles, and car exhaust I remember so fondly about city livin'?
• Barely believable that it takes a rural Canadian Eh address... and then it gives me a 7!! I truly live in the backside of bloody nowhere.. TUM, a zero? my heart goes out to you. mutter mutter mutter mutter Goes back to digging holes in the concrete-like "soil" Remembers to work the middle and hit the sides
• rocket88, there's a nauseous hari krishna smoking a crack pipe outside my window but I can't hear him over the car exhaust.
• Only a 78. Huh. I live in LA's Los Feliz neighborhood, which friends say is the part of LA most analogous to the Village in NYC. I never get in my car except when commuting to work or visiting friends.
• Icons for: Street preachers Puke puddles car Exhaust
• I got 62, but there's a grocery opening up this fall, so SUCK IT.
• 43, but it didn't count the 2 grocery stores and various restaurants within a kilometer, so it is INVALID.
• 53, using an UK address where I lived for two months without even a bike and thought nothing of it. Almost all the pubs seem to be missing, which actually explains a lot.
• 89. And my crack dealer's just, like, a 2 minute walk. I RULE.
• At least I'll score better than Ralph. That dude lives in MFN.
• Meh! It barely registers Idaho, let alone my address. Let's see... Tonight I walked around the "block," which is a good 25 minute walk at a brisk clip. No amenities. No houses on the back side. A few friendly dogs on my street along with horses and cows, the canal with ducks to the west and cottonwood leaves rustling, more canal to the north and open fields with coyotes, rabbits, and a hunting fox. Coming back to the east the road is busier, but all six trucks/cars slowed down, and 5/6 wave or honk. All along, the air is clean and cool, and the full moon's shining. I'd rate that about 100+.
• The results on cinemas are flaky, and libraries seem to count only if they're English language ones.
• 67, including chicken bones and puke puddles. I didn't realise Deen City Farm was so close to me. Useful site - thanks fimbulvetr!
• I got a big fat zero also. They should have one for biking also.
• Also, I love the word "also". Film at 11.
• Interesting. My neighborhood only rated a 58, even though we have restaurants, parks, grocery stores, drug stores, churches, banks, a medical center, a library, and even an excellent movie theater within what I would call walking distance. Perhaps their definition of "walking distance" is less generous than my own; admittedly I do use a bike often especially when pressed for time. Still, this is a very cool post, fimbulvetr, and a useful tool.
• 97! (North Beach, San Francisco)
• 74 for my neighborhood, but it counted the stripper-supply, peepshow'n'porn place around the corner as a bookstore (technically, yes, there is printed material there, but...) and Shakespeare in the Park under "movie theaters".
• Man, I already spend too much time in bookstores. If I lived in your neighborhood... De-lurk more!
• 66 out of 100... but some of the places listed are over 25 miles away. Also, I apparently live next door to a Grocery Store. (I do not). And there are three or four other companies listed that I am certain do not actually exist. You know, in real life.
• 77, and it's inaccurate. The nearest "restaurant" is not a restaurant, it's the local office of a chain of restaurants. The "library" is not a library. The movie theater, bookstore, and so on, are not a walkable distance away; they are only a mile away diagonally, not by the actual roads, and some of the roads don't have sidewalks. There are more walkable areas in this town; I'd give my area about a 60 or so, and that's only for my immediate block. There are certain listed features you could walk to, but you mostly wouldn't want to because the roads themselves aren't pedestrian-friendly. My actual neighborhood (IE, the residential part) is very walkable within a block or two, but not to all the areas they're claiming are within walking distance on the map.
• 95, but their list of amenities for my 'hood is missing a lot of really obvious contenders which are incredibly close to my block. I'd score it a little higher.