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View Poll Results: Most Walkable City?
New York City, NY 140 60.34%
Los Angeles, CA 7 3.02%
Chicago, IL 62 26.72%
Houston, TX 7 3.02%
Phoenix, AZ 2 0.86%
Philadelphia, PA 48 20.69%
San Antonio, TX 4 1.72%
Dallas, TX 5 2.16%
San Diego, CA 8 3.45%
San Jose, CA 4 1.72%
Detroit, MI 4 1.72%
San Francisco, CA 73 31.47%
Jacksonville, FL 1 0.43%
Indianapolis, IN 1 0.43%
Austin, TX 5 2.16%
Columbus, OH 3 1.29%
Fort Worth, TX 2 0.86%
Charlotte, NC 1 0.43%
Memphis, TN 1 0.43%
Baltimore, MD 19 8.19%
Boston, MA 65 28.02%
El Paso, TX 2 0.86%
Milwaukee, WI 15 6.47%
Denver, CO 9 3.88%
Seattle, WA 24 10.34%
Nashville, TN 1 0.43%
Washington D.C. 49 21.12%
Las Vegas, NV 2 0.86%
Portland, OR 24 10.34%
Louisville, KY 1 0.43%
Oklahoma City, OK 1 0.43%
Tucson, AZ 1 0.43%
Atlanta, GA 5 2.16%
Albuquerque, NM 2 0.86%
Kansas City, MO 2 0.86%
Anchorage, AK 4 1.72%
Sacramento, CA 4 1.72%
Long Beach, CA 5 2.16%
Boise, ID 2 0.86%
Omaha, NE 1 0.43%
Cleveland, OH 8 3.45%
Pittsburgh, PA 20 8.62%
Miami, FL 11 4.74%
Tampa, FL 1 0.43%
Reno, NV 1 0.43%
New Orleans, LA 16 6.90%
Minneapolis, MN 9 3.88%
Des Moines, IA 1 0.43%
Honolulu, HI 11 4.74%
Other 7 3.02%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 232. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-02-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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Here is why I chose my top 3 as...

1. NEW YORK CITY (mainly Manhattan)
2. San Francisco (City Limits)
3. San Diego (City Limits)

Manhattan, well it is Manhattan, so that is number one.

San Francisco is really walkable because the ACTUAL city is so small and compact but, walking from San Jose to San Fransico or back? That is out of the question all though I would try it...

San Diego is walkable too at least for the city limits again I don't think I could walk all the way to Carlsbad and back...
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Old 06-02-2010, 04:05 PM
 
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Frankly, that site has been posted many times before and many people including me find it not too accurate.

Denver is actually quite walkable; it's relatively flat, the weather is usually good enough to be outside in, it rarely rains for more than 10 min. straight, and there are a lot of neat neighborhoods with "things to do, places to go".
I understand what you are saying, as it sometimes doesn't have transit information, like it doesn't for Syracuse, as the system doesn't have "open information". You can add information to that website though.
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Old 06-02-2010, 09:20 PM
 
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These are the cities I picked in the poll for most walkable:

New York, New York

Chicago, Illinois

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

San Francisco, California

Boston, Massachusetts

Seattle, Washington

Portland, Oregon

Washington D.C.
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Old 06-03-2010, 10:02 AM
 
Location: The City
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These are the cities I picked in the poll for most walkable:

New York, New York

Chicago, Illinois

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

San Francisco, California

Boston, Massachusetts

Seattle, Washington

Portland, Oregon

Washington D.C.

Good list - some others considered good walking towns might be Baltimore, New Orleans, and Charleston SC
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Old 06-03-2010, 11:31 AM
 
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Sucks to be these places with 0 votes. Even El Paso got a vote and Anchorage got 3 votes!
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:09 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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NY, LA
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Jersey Boy living in Florida
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^ Lol, definitely not LA, I'm guessing you were kidding.
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Old 07-20-2010, 07:07 PM
 
Location: OUTTA SIGHT!
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This might help determine an outcome: Get Your Walk Score - A Walkability Score For Any Address
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Originally Posted by Katiana View Post
Frankly, that site has been posted many times before and many people including me find it not too accurate.
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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod View Post
I understand what you are saying, as it sometimes doesn't have transit information, like it doesn't for Syracuse, as the system doesn't have "open information". You can add information to that website though.
Walkscore was a 'Big Thing' in the real estate community a while back. But:
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How It Doesn't Work: Known Issues with Walk Score

We'll be the first to admit that Walk Score is just an approximation of walkability. There are a number of factors that contribute to walkability that are not part of our algorithm:

Street width and block length: Narrow streets slow down traffic. Short blocks provide more routes to the same destination and make it easier to take a direct route.

Street design: Sidewalks and safe crossings are essential to walkability. Appropriate automobile speeds, trees, and other features also help.

Safety from crime and crashes: How much crime is in the neighborhood? How many traffic accidents are there? Are streets well-lit?

Pedestrian-friendly community design: Are buildings close to the sidewalk with parking in back? Are destinations clustered together?

Topography: Hills can make walking difficult, especially if you're carrying groceries.

Freeways and bodies of water: Freeways can divide neighborhoods. Swimming is harder than walking.

Weather: In some places it's just too hot or cold to walk regularly.

Walk Score - Helping homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods... or not.

What's worse is their smug attitude conncerning the obvious flaws of a system that doesn't take into consideration anything but as-the-crow-flies distance to shops.
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As MarlonBain said, "You should use the Web 3.0 app called going outside and investigating the world for yourself" before deciding whether a neighborhood is walkable! And if you can't go there in person, Walk Score includes Google Street View so you can use your own eyes to evaluate the walkability factors that our algorithm doesn't yet include.


Like the only alternative to their flawed system is walking the area for yourself.
Don't bother trying to find a better system... it can't be done!

Whatever.


Anyways!

I chose older cities with dense urban cores.

Older because they were 'planned' and built BEFORE the automobile was even taken into consideration and everything was built to 'person scale' with plenty of mixed use and apartments above shops and all that good stuff.
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Old 07-20-2010, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Sacramento CA
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Portland should be one of the 1st. Philly is one of the most walkable cities and DC is too?
Heh. I only been to Portland and from Boston area. Tampa I think is pretty walkable. They shoulda put St Pete in here though.
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Old 07-20-2010, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Sacramento CA
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New York, Dallas shouldn't be on the list.

Dallas and Oklahoma city probably should both be discluded.
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