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- Megan, selected from Ode magazine
- October 7, 2009
- 7:21 am
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How walkable is your neighborhood? Is your grocery store or coffee shop close enough to walk to, or do you find the need to jump into the car every time you need a carton of milk?
Walk Score, www.walkscore.com, will rate how walkable your neighborhood is by calculating the distance your home is compared to groceries, restaurants, coffee shops and more.
If you score low, this might be a good thing to keep in mind next time you are shopping for a new place to live. Walking is beneficial for your health, in reducing greenhouse gases and also allows you to support local businesses.
What’s your neighborhood’s walk score?
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By Katie K, Ode Magazine
Megan, selected from Ode magazine
Ode, the magazine for Intelligent Optimists, is an international independent journal that publishes positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.
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16 comments
+ add your ownWe live in the countryside, on a farm. Pretty much nothing is in walking distance, except our mailbox, which is a bit over a mile away. We walk to it everyday.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the information
Thanks for the article.
TY!
I appreciate places where there is a positive residence/commercial factor. I choose not to own a car
and I walk everywhere. I do use mass transit and I also follow
this concept when I travel~domestically and internationally.
I can walk to all the Mt trails,my office,the Good Earth grocery store, Local market,faarmers market,post office,movie theater, restaurants, acupuncture, chiropracter,bodyworker,friends,hardware and nursery store,banks, all the many stores,my entire family and even the gas station to put air in my bicylce tires..
Pat
If your score is low, might be a good thing to keep in mind the next time you buy a new place to live.
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Thanks.
The public library here is really close to my home. It's only a 10 minute walk. I can ride my bike to the local market for fresh vegetables from May-Oct. I can walk to my dentist's office in 10-12 minutes. I can ride my bike to the local university here to eat fresh ice cream. :-)
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