[cardwellave]

Get Your Walk Score - A Walkability Score For Any Address

Interesting site.

I got a 63, "somewhat walkable".

[Bydand]

Mine is screwy:

Walk Score: 42 out of 100 — Car-Dependent

It has places listed under restaurants that are self storage units. No book stores close (2 within 1/4 of a mile), no grocery stores closer than 5 miles (1 is less than 1/2 mile) Coffee shops it has the closest 5 1/2 miles away (1 is 1/4 mile away) and it has the schools 1/4+ away when I can hit it with a rock from my backyard. Closest park being almost 9 miles away, so I better not tell my kids who walk to one of 3 parks every day that is within 4 blocks of the house.

They are missing places that belong on their list and have others listed that have nothing to do with the category they are in. I question the site's accuracy for smaller towns and locations.

[allbusiness]

This index is grossley inaccurate. It told me I worked two blocks from two major grocery stores (Meijer and D&W). Turns out it was referring to their PO Boxes at the downtown GR main post office!

For my home, it said I was across the street from a school. Yep, a "voice coach" lives there!

Good idea, but the software needs a major tweak!

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by allbusiness

This index is grossley inaccurate. It told me I worked two blocks from two major grocery stores (Meijer and D&W). Turns out it was referring to their PO Boxes at the downtown GR main post office!

Well it DOES have their name on the address. Might want to print it out and go in looking for a bag of chips and a pound of hamburger. Of course if it is my Brother-in-Law working behind the counter, you may want to duck after asking .

[cardwellave]

I noticed that too when putting in other addresses. It said there was a library down the street from me when it's a librarian's house or something. Weird.

[Tricia819]

I think mine was pretty accurate, but I don't agree with the score (42 out of 100 - car dependent). I walk my kids up to McDonald's frequently. There is a school with a library and playground up the block from me. Granted I wouldn't send my kids there, but if they just wanted to play or go to the library it would work. The grocery store is about a mile away, but I've walked that before too and I ride my bike up to 7-11 for bread and milk all the time.

[Tricia819]

Has anyone from Kalamazoo tried this yet? Supposedly Kzoo scored 80 out of 100 - very walkable. I'm wondering how accurate this is? Hopefully, we're moving that way in a few weeks. I'd love not having to drive all over the place.

[jeeg]

I put in our old address in Marquette, MI (we live outside the city now).

It gave me a 92 out of 100. The actual grocery store would be a bit of a walk but if you had a little cart it would be doable for most people (except maybe during the long winters).

[Mi_Mom]

We scored a 77 on our home we used to live.

Very Walkable.

[kimba01]

Hehe...I got a 23 for my Sterling Hts address and a 80 for my Henderson, NV address. I agree totally with it.