Walk Score: How "walkable" is your house/neighborhood? [Archive]

jsoto3

27 July 2007, 03:26 PM

http://www.walkscore.com/

What is Walk Score?
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Why is walking important? (http://www.walkscore.com/walking-matters.shtml)

How it works. (http://www.walkscore.com/how-it-works.shtml)
How it doesn't work. (http://www.walkscore.com/how-it-doesnt-work.shtml)

Haretip

27 July 2007, 03:32 PM

I got a 26 - Not walkable. But, there is redevelopment going on in my neighborhood (most of the houses south of me have been bulldozed) so, more amenities are coming.

jsoto3

27 July 2007, 03:43 PM

At Live Oak Lofts, I score a 75. Hopefully that score will move up as/if City Lights and other projects nearby come online.

LH_Newbie

27 July 2007, 03:57 PM

I get a 42. I'm assuming that will jump once we get the DART station and Towncenter.

Lakewooder

27 July 2007, 04:01 PM

I got a 71 in Junius Heights -- who knew it was a .36 mile stagger home from the Lakewood Theater Balcony Club?

.5 from Paperbacks Plus so I guess it would be a similar stagger from The Tipp - makes you realize just how deep the lots on Swiss Avenue, Gaston and Live Oak are...

lpepping

27 July 2007, 04:05 PM

72 for lower greenville...i wonder what the score would be if all the businesses had an online presence.

dfwcre8tive

27 July 2007, 04:09 PM

77 for 1900 Elm
91 for Interurban Lofts

The most surprising thing is that my old address in LONDON is only 34!

It doesn't take into consideration the closeness of mass transit which opens up a lot of other "walkable" destinations.

downtownguy25

27 July 2007, 04:38 PM

West end, got an 80

70 - 90 = Very Walkable: It's possible to get by without owning a car.

Lakewooder

27 July 2007, 04:59 PM

I wonder if the number of destinations influences the score (sorry I didn't read it) but I did notice that quite a few were missing from my area. Maybe we could deluge them with the missing locations...

tamtagon

27 July 2007, 05:53 PM

Haretip

27 July 2007, 06:02 PM

What, are you going to take up subsistence fishing and hunting/gathering, Tamtagon?

maconahey

27 July 2007, 06:26 PM

88 for the wilson building. they have neiman marcus listed as a restaurant :confused:

LH_Newbie

27 July 2007, 06:37 PM

Looks like a simple mash-up of maps and yellow pages - not sophisticated enough to put in public transportation stops and such.

dfwcre8tive

27 July 2007, 06:44 PM

88 for the wilson building. they have neiman marcus listed as a restaurant :confused:

Neiman Marcus has two restaurants downtown... the Zodiac and NM Cafe.

Unfortunately it also lists all the restaurants in the tunnels which close at 5pm.

maconahey

27 July 2007, 06:52 PM

oh... i didn't realize that they had restaurants. i'll have to check them out one of these days.

psukhu

27 July 2007, 07:32 PM

My place scored 5 out of 100. The Worst. hahaha

Might score better if criteria include walking distance to:

-hardwood and pine forest (0.1 miles)
-small lake (0.5)
-river rapids (0.3)
-water fall (0.6)

eh, whatever

I beat you with a 2, but most of my area is still under construction. (pic taken 5 minutes ago)

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13344&stc=1

psukhu

27 July 2007, 07:39 PM

Looks like a simple mash-up of maps and yellow pages - not sophisticated enough to put in public transportation stops and such.

This is true. My old place in Oak Lawn (91) beat my old place in Queens, NY (89).

But I guess they are talking about a walkable neighborhood, not a walkable city. So things like mass transit and walking to your place of employment may not be factors. Buying groceries and going out to eat are good factors.

tamtagon

27 July 2007, 09:27 PM

I beat you with a 2, but most of my area is still under construction.

Ya, it's been over a year since I noticed evidence of beaver in the back yard; your beaver were washed away recently during all the heavy rain, right? Insects will probably always be the number one enemy of my vegetable and flower gardens, but deer (I hope) will remain number two for years to come.

msutton

28 July 2007, 02:06 AM

my parents' home, where i stay when i'm in dallas, got a 31. The apartment I'm staying in now in Alphabet City gets a 100.

I love Manhattan.

freewaytincan

28 July 2007, 04:44 AM

I got an 8, as I'm out in the country, but I think it's supposed to be lower, because there's a bunch of locations listed that don't actually exist. In fact the locations listed that did exist weren't even in the right spots.

I went ahead and checked out where I grew up in Richardson, it actually got a 45. My parents moved away a couple of years ago to Staunton, Virginia. Their new place got a 71.

LDSR

28 July 2007, 02:08 PM

My suburban home scores a 36 while my former place in the Casa Linda area scores a 26. I always thought that far east Dallas was a suburb at heart. :)

Meanwhile my vacation spot in Lincoln Park tops out at 88... I miss Chicago. :(

Hi5ingmf9

28 July 2007, 07:39 PM

Farmers Market got a 62, I really wonder what it would have gotten back in Deep Ellums prime...

My parents place in chicago got a 42, but its 3 blocks off of the blue line... ehh

My place in Rochester NY got a 62, but that really was not true, nothing is really "walking distance"

my last place in St. Pete got a 12, but some of the stores it came up with was like "Maw's Place"

mikedsjr

16 August 2007, 03:30 PM

http://www.walkscore.com/

I thought most people would love this site.

I scored a 9 out of 100. I would imagine I will be one of the lowest scores here by far, since my developement is new 5 years ago and was surrounded by absolutely nothing to walk to, not even a park.

Columbus Civil

16 August 2007, 03:47 PM

63 out of 100

That site is using some old information. About half the stuff they listed near my house isn't open anymore.

downtownguy25

16 August 2007, 03:49 PM

....

St-T

16 August 2007, 03:55 PM

I got 86 out of 100!!!

jsoto3

16 August 2007, 04:11 PM

That's weird. Two weeks ago I got a 75, now I get 86. Nothing has changed in the neighborhood as far as I know. Perhaps they got a bunch of new listings that they didn't have two weeks ago, thus upping the score?

Halz3000

16 August 2007, 04:51 PM

88 for the wilson building. they have neiman marcus listed as a restaurant :confused:
While that's a weird way of listing it, there are actually 4 restaurants inside: The Freshmarket Cafe, The Espresso Bar, The Bar on 6 and The Zodiac. The Freshmarket can be really crazy at lunchtime. The Espresso Bar has the most insanely deelish White Bean Chicken Chili. And the Zodiac will forever be loved for the complimentary popovers with strawberry butter.

My hood scored an 52. I feel like it should be higher. I'm a huge fan of walking my Kings Highway/Kessler hood.

downtownguy25

16 August 2007, 05:34 PM

The new place I am looking at got a 94. Humm, another good reason to move.

CityLove

17 August 2007, 01:05 PM

mikedsjr

17 August 2007, 01:17 PM

Anyone with a 90+ rating should know their area is highly walkable. This isn't a scientific result. Its more of a fun and entertaining way to rate your area.

CityLove

17 August 2007, 02:34 PM

I don't really think my place SHOULD have a 92. Maybe something in Manhattan could score that high, but I don't think I'd rate downtown Dallas at a 92 at this stage.

maconahey

17 August 2007, 03:15 PM

TexasStar

12 December 2007, 10:39 AM

Calculate your neighborhood's Walk Score:

http://www.walkscore.com/

aceplace

12 December 2007, 06:55 PM

Here are some walk scores for certain DFW neighborhoods

100 Walker's Paradise Stone Place
97 Walker's Paradise House of Blues
95 Walker's Paradise West Village
94 Walker's Paradise Melrose Hotel
92 Walker's Paradise Borders, West Village
92 Walker's Paradise Worthington DTFW
91 Walker's Paradise Snyder Plaza
89 Very Walkable Mockingbird Station
89 Very Walkable Turtle Creek at Lemmon
88 Very Walkable Hotel Zaza
86 Very Walkable Stoneleigh Hotel
86 Very Walkable Crescent Court Hotel
75 Very Walkable Mansion on Turtle Creek
75 Very Walkable Central Market, Dallas
74 Very Walkable DART Addison Transit Center
74 Very Walkable DT Grapevine
72 Very Walkable Galleria
71 Very Walkable Park Lane DART Station
69 Some Walkable Locations Anatole Hotel
68 Some Walkable Locations Preston Forest Shopping Center
68 Some Walkable Locations FW Stockyards
68 Some Walkable Locations Downtown Plano
55 Some Walkable Locations Skillman DART station
54 Some Walkable Locations Cedar Springs at Fairmount
48 Not Walkable DART at Skillman street
35 Not Walkable Las Colinas
31 Not Walkable Marriot at Legacy

This is definitely short on FW neighborhoods. If you have some additional FW entries, feel free to add them.

dfwcre8tive

12 December 2007, 08:27 PM

I checked it out a few months ago and got a 77.

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?t=7070&highlight=walk+score

tamtagon

12 December 2007, 08:49 PM

I checked it out a few months ago and got a 77.

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?t=7070&highlight=walk+score

thanks, threads merged

MarkL2023

17 July 2008, 02:25 PM

New city rankings are out (maybe the have been but msn.com just mentioned them as if they are news)

Dallas is 24th
Houston is 26th but basically tied

http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/most-walkable-cities.php

DalLove444

17 July 2008, 04:00 PM

What is Walk Score?
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Why is walking important?
One thing that is rarely discussed with walkable/non-walkable neighborhoods/cities is the availability of concrete sidewalks, whether an area has them or just a grassy field that people must walk on. To me, a neighborhood isnt walkable unless the surface im walking on is a hard concrete, brick or stone, anything but a dam grassy or dirt surface in which i have to choose between walking on it or the road shoulder which is dangerous.

DalLove444

17 July 2008, 04:18 PM

One thing that is rarely discussed with walkable/non-walkable neighborhoods/cities is the availability of concrete sidewalks, whether an area has them or just a grassy field that people must walk on. To me, a neighborhood isnt walkable unless the surface im walking on is a hard concrete, brick or stone, anything but a dam grassy or dirt surface in which i have to choose between walking on it or the road shoulder which is dangerous.

..72 Very Walkable Galleria..
Back about 8 to 10 yrs ago i visited the Galleria. I was hard pressed to find anything to walk on that wouldnt put me in danger of encountering the traffic on the tollway. I dont know if the area has improved today. Back then i would have given Galleria a score of 35.

Edit: Example of a walkable area. (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=32.817742,-96.788564&spn=0.004553,0.015235&z=17&layer=c&cbll=32.81546,-96.78905&panoid=SvNe-RnyfIgDsrsy4byDuw&cbp=2,265.3795970411051,,0,3.3827093455749093) Example of non-walkable area. (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=32.865679,-96.776421&panoid=Gj6wIi8Zf2lLb0QdjYpgOQ&cbp=2,72.86784365687748,,0,14.218556730223051&ll=32.866821,-96.776177&spn=0.002275,0.007617&z=18)