have you ever been to www.walkscore.com ?
walk score helps people find walkable places to live. it calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. walk score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. real estate agents are using this as a tool to help new homebuyers discern what kind of lifestyle they truly want. they're finding that many people are opting for a slower paced life and builders have recognized this as well and are beginning to even create neighborhoods with this in mind...
walkability is a valued characteristic of the slow movement. the slow movement is a revolution against the notion that faster is always better. Carl Honre, the author of "in praise of slowness" describes the slow movement mission as "seeking to do everything at the right speed. savoring the hours and minutes rather than just counting them. doing everything as well as possible, instead of as fast as possible. it’s about quality over quantity in everything from work to food to parenting."
that sounds so compelling and in many ways so unrealistic...which is probably a clear sign i need to stop doing so much and start being a litte more. with walking you don't have a choice but to live life at a slower pace.
what's your walk score?
Mine was 60, which surprised me because Tustin feels like a cozy city in the Midwest. We're like a hundred feet from a park, an outdoor shopping thing, and there's ALWAYS someone walking or running down my sidewalk.
There's still nothing slow about this city, drivers included! Red means stop still, right?
Posted by: ryan guard | July 19, 2008 at 05:04 PM
tustin got a 60!
that's unbelievable...
on the west coast, many live like they can make up some ground on the eastern time zone.
Posted by: steve carter | July 19, 2008 at 06:17 PM
Dude, this is an awesome resource. Sadly, my house scored a 28. Thanks for sharing this.
Posted by: Jeremy | July 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM
How crazy is this: 5. Ridiculous! After taking this, I realized that we don't even have sidewalks in our city (Oronogo). We do carpool to Joplin a lot though.
Posted by: Heather Sullivan | July 21, 2008 at 12:25 PM
My walk score is 35. That’s not so bad. This service can be rather useful especially for those who are going to buy a house or just want to estimate their present location. I have also tried one more service at http://drivescore.fizber.com/. It is called Drive Score. With the help of it you can see how close establishments
are by car. My result is 50. Drive Score calculates your score based on the number of places within a convenient driving distance. The greater the number of businesses nearby the higher the drive score.
Posted by: Tina | July 22, 2008 at 06:45 AM
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Posted by: robin ellingwood | July 23, 2008 at 04:30 AM
Steve.
just a note to let you know the blog has been top notch lately. great stuff, thank you.
wondering if you could recommend some of the blogs you're reading everyday? what do you like about them?
joe
Posted by: Joe Hays | July 24, 2008 at 09:10 PM
tina - thanks for letting me know about the drive score.
joe - thanks for the kind words and i'll add that to the list of things i need to blog about.
Posted by: steve carter | July 25, 2008 at 03:46 PM
It’s difficult to me to understand how computer counts my walk, drive and others scores. By what criterion it judges? I always don’t agree with my mark and I feel upset! I don’t need most things (Gas Station, Railway Station) that computer proposing to me. But I found a service http://drivescore.fizber.com/ that offers me to choose things by myself. And my score become much higher.
Posted by: Deadman | September 29, 2008 at 06:59 AM