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  1. #46
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    6 because, OMG!, the nearest coffee house is 1.01 miles away.

    66 for my previous address, yet I drive a whole lot less now because this neighborhood suits my lifestyle better. No more driving long distances every week for mountainbiking, fishing, etc.

    It's a pretty weird system that puts "Freedom from Hunger" under Libraries and a storage facility under Clothing & Music.
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

  2. #47
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    Apr 2005
    Location
    Dallas, TX
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    74 out of 100.

    Although, it's not safe. They didn't look at the crime in the area for the ranking.

    Just last Sunday 2 guys were walking around the neighborhood, .10 miles from my place... one had a gun and they were robbing people. Right where I usually run, and at the store I go to, to buy food.

    So it's only walkable if you have a concealed weapon to protect yourself.
    "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"

  3. #48
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    Jun 2008
    Location
    Nothern Indiana
    Posts
    28
    Mine is 69 out of 100 not to bad

  4. #49
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    Sep 2006
    Location
    Phillipston, MA
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    Sigh. Score of zero. Well, if I ride the bike to the hardware store or the nearest grocery store it's about a 28 to 30-mile roundtrip - same roads I'd take with the car.

  5. #50
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    May 2006
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    Memphis, TN
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    My current address is 78 - I walked to the hair salon today and it's a quarter mile to albertson's
    Muy old pace in PA gets 15 - I would agree

  6. #51
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    Jun 2008
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    The most inhospitable place to ride in Tennessee
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    Add another zero to the group! Mine is well-deserved, though. I'd be kidding myself if I tried to make excuses, heh.

  7. #52
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    May 2007
    Location
    Skagit County, Washington
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    I'm a 9, and it is also well deserved. Everyone here drives pickup trucks with guns hanging in the racks. And they don't take kindly to someone on foot or bike being on "THEIR ROAD"!
    But on the other hand-- it's beautiful here if you ignore the people!
    Everyone Deserves a Lifetime

  8. #53
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    Aug 2007
    Location
    Good things gro-oh-ow in Ontario!
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    382
    One of mine is really low, too.

    The new house is a big fat 0. But it is still pretty rural so I'm not surprised.

    My school addresses, though, are pretty good. My old one is 73 and my new one is 80.

    Cool site.

  9. #54
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    Apr 2008
    Location
    near New Paltz, NY
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    69
    I'm a whopping "3". Which I tend to agree with in terms of walkability, but I was kind of peeved to see that categorized as "car-dependant." Considering I can easily bike to work, the gym, the grocery store, the farmer's market, etc. I take issue with that classification.

  10. #55
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    May 2006
    Location
    Hillsboro, OR
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    The apartment we just vacated scored a 57 (somewhat walkable) on that engine and yet my car remained idle for months at a time and everything I needed was within 5 miles of us. Additionally, I lived 100 yards from the light rail station and everything in my neighborhood was new, so most of it didn't count.

    I did have 5 (yes 5) Starbucks' within a 1.5 mile radius!!

    The house we just moved to is a big whopping 0. The closest business is 2.5 miles away, and it's a feed store! But, with shopping and hospitals within 8 miles, the last stop on the light rail within 14 miles and work within 20 miles, I still don't consider our new location 'car-dependent'. Bikes rule!
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  11. #56
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    Jul 2006
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    Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
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    Quote Originally Posted by jesvetmed View Post
    I'm a 9, and it is also well deserved. Everyone here drives pickup trucks with guns hanging in the racks. And they don't take kindly to someone on foot or bike being on "THEIR ROAD"!
    But on the other hand-- it's beautiful here if you ignore the people!
    Interesting!- in our rural area, the guys in pickup trucks with rifle racks and John Deere hats are always pretty courteous to us on our bikes.....it's the 20 yr old guys in the BMWs and Mustangs you gotta worry about....not to mention the little 'bluehairs' in the Buicks that can barely see over the steering wheel!

    I think it's funny how they divide everything into either walk-able or drive-able. Half the neighborhoods that get a 0 for walkability would get a much higher rating for bikeability.
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  12. #57
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    Oct 2007
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    where ARE we?
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    Mine's a lowly 29 but I can ride almost to whatever I really want to do, and do walk to the grocery store and stuff so... not THAT bad!

  13. #58
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    May 2008
    Location
    Luxembourg
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    Exclamation

    My old address in the states got a 0, yes that is correct 0 but it was and still is a summer camp And now looking at where I live now, yes you got it a big fat 0. We have a few things near us but for groceries I'd have to bike if anything.

  14. #59
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    Jan 2006
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    Marin County CA
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilima View Post
    If this is the same test I did before, it assumed I was on flat ground and distances as the crow flies. I scored pretty good because I'm only about a mile to the grocery, drug store, etc. Trouble is, that drugstore is 1000' down (and back up) a very steep & wooded slope.
    Same for me - and it gave me an 82. We're close to town, but it's a pretty big hill back up to our house. My daughter can walk it, but she can't bike it. I can bike it, but I really wouldn't bike with groceries.
    Sarah

    When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.


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