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Old 01-20-2009, 02:13 PM
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SF has no true subway system. In NY, you walk anywhere two seconds and there is either a cab, subway, or bus. In SF, besides downtown, you have to walk like 20 mins to find those fun disney looking trolleys, or walk even further to find a BART station. they're right, SF is WAY, WAY more walkable then NY!

Actually, I would put Los Angeles at the top of the list. In LA, you would have to walk about 3 hours to get to the next rail. =)

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Old 01-21-2009, 08:58 AM
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SF has no true subway system. In NY, you walk anywhere two seconds and there is either a cab, subway, or bus. In SF, besides downtown, you have to walk like 20 mins to find those fun disney looking trolleys, or walk even further to find a BART station. they're right, SF is WAY, WAY more walkable then NY!

Actually, I would put Los Angeles at the top of the list. In LA, you would have to walk about 3 hours to get to the next rail. =)
Excellent point! What good is walking if there aren't trains to walk to.
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There was a thread in the General U.S. forum a while back about that "walkerscore" business. It's almost impossible to tell how they came up with their formula to determine what makes a city walkable...but whatever they did, they got it wrong. New York not a more walkable city than any other? Absolutely ridiculous! Nonsensical! Outrageous!
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San Francisco is a mixed bag for walking, as far as I'm concerned. For much of it one has to be healthy to take on all those hills. I have health limits and have to be really careful to not exert myself when I'm out walking the city, so I utilize the bus and other transit to my advantage whenever I'm there.

I spent 10 days in NY a few months ago and seldom had trouble walking. Parts of the Upper-Eastside have some incline, even reminded me a little of SF. But other than that it is nice and level. The only obstacle to easy walking could be all the pedestrians in that crowded city; however, New Yorkers move FAST. I was amazed at how quickly I was walking with the 5:00 "rush hour foot traffic".

Nah, it's New York over San Francisco.
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