Walk score
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42 for me which isn't bad for Southern California ... but it also says if I want to walk to work, it will take me 3:45 while driving is just 20 minutes :doh:
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Most US cities/towns would score low except those addresses that are right in the middle of downtown.
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92 in (mid-town) Toronto. My transit score was 93 ("Rider's Paradise - World-class public transportation"), which is a shame since I choose to drive to work instead of taking the subway and bus. :( /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
which is a shame since I choose to drive to work instead of taking the subway and bus.
Don't like the bus? I liked the subway but hated the bus, and thus drove to work when I lived there too. Ironically we paid extra rent so we could live at walking distance to a subway station. :-)
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My current address in northern Iowa gets 66%, not much walkable, but my home address in India gets 97%.
HimanshuJoshi wrote:
My current address in northern Iowa gets 66%, not much walkable, but my home address in India gets 97%.
Hey, that's neat.
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www.walkscore.com[^] This is a pretty interesting use of google map data, the web site gives an address a score out of 100 rating how many services are available in walking distance. My current address in Sydney gets 98 and it's an awesome place to live, we hardly use our car, shame we had to sell :( My previous address in Amsterdam got a perfect 100.
Josh Gray wrote:
My current address in Sydney gets 98 and it's an awesome place to live, we hardly use our car, shame we had to sell
If you sold it, how come it's still your current address? Unless you sold it to your new landlord.
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Josh Gray wrote:
My current address in Sydney gets 98 and it's an awesome place to live, we hardly use our car, shame we had to sell
If you sold it, how come it's still your current address? Unless you sold it to your new landlord.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
If you sold it, how come it's still your current address? Unless you sold it to your new landlord.
We sold it on the condition the purchser rent it back to us for two months while we look for something else. It's a very wierd feeling to pay rent for a house you're used to owning :)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
If you sold it, how come it's still your current address? Unless you sold it to your new landlord.
We sold it on the condition the purchser rent it back to us for two months while we look for something else. It's a very wierd feeling to pay rent for a house you're used to owning :)
Ah okay, thanks. To use a bad analogy, it's like getting divorced and sleeping together for a couple of months longer.
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Ah okay, thanks. To use a bad analogy, it's like getting divorced and sleeping together for a couple of months longer.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
it's like getting divorced and sleeping together for a couple of months longer.
You're right, there's no love. I didn;t even mow the lawn last weekend!
:-D Anyway, good luck with the house hunt. I hope you find one that suites your needs better :-)
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:-D Anyway, good luck with the house hunt. I hope you find one that suites your needs better :-)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Anyway, good luck with the house hunt.
We've found one already, just waiting for the transaction to settle.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
one that suites your needs better
We just needed a bigger one, twins due in < 2 weeks!
Josh Gray wrote:
We've found one already, just waiting for the transaction to settle.
Congratulations!
Josh Gray wrote:
We just needed a bigger one, twins due in < 2 weeks!
Ah yes, a 98 score does indicate something near or in the middle of downtown, and I wouldn't expect that to indicate a big house :-) The twins are your 2nd (and 3rd) kids, right? You have an older daughter? (vague memory). And the twins are girls too? If so you'll basically be living in a sorority house for the next 16 years, outnumbered 4 to 1 :-)
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Josh Gray wrote:
We've found one already, just waiting for the transaction to settle.
Congratulations!
Josh Gray wrote:
We just needed a bigger one, twins due in < 2 weeks!
Ah yes, a 98 score does indicate something near or in the middle of downtown, and I wouldn't expect that to indicate a big house :-) The twins are your 2nd (and 3rd) kids, right? You have an older daughter? (vague memory). And the twins are girls too? If so you'll basically be living in a sorority house for the next 16 years, outnumbered 4 to 1 :-)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Ah yes, a 98 score does indicate something near or in the middle of downtown, and I wouldn't expect that to indicate a big house Smile
It's about 5kms from the centre. There are lots of bigger houses in the area but out of our price range.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
The twins are your 2nd (and 3rd) kids, right? You have an older daughter? (vague memory). And the twins are girls too? If so you'll basically be living in a sorority house for the next 16 years, outnumbered 4 to 1 Smile
Almost right, we have a 2.5 year old son and the twins are both boys. Their mother wants a female dog to attempt to balance things out a bit :)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Ah yes, a 98 score does indicate something near or in the middle of downtown, and I wouldn't expect that to indicate a big house Smile
It's about 5kms from the centre. There are lots of bigger houses in the area but out of our price range.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
The twins are your 2nd (and 3rd) kids, right? You have an older daughter? (vague memory). And the twins are girls too? If so you'll basically be living in a sorority house for the next 16 years, outnumbered 4 to 1 Smile
Almost right, we have a 2.5 year old son and the twins are both boys. Their mother wants a female dog to attempt to balance things out a bit :)
Josh Gray wrote:
Almost right, we have a 2.5 year old son and the twins are both boys. Their mother wants a female dog to attempt to balance things out a bit
:laugh: Okay so it's going to be like Home Improvement![^]
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www.walkscore.com[^] This is a pretty interesting use of google map data, the web site gives an address a score out of 100 rating how many services are available in walking distance. My current address in Sydney gets 98 and it's an awesome place to live, we hardly use our car, shame we had to sell :( My previous address in Amsterdam got a perfect 100.
Hmm, I got 22 - "Car-Dependent." Interesting because my score includes a corner store that is only 1.18 km away...by boat. It's across the river which is wide and fast moving. It also misses a gas station and corner store less than a kilometre away that I walk to every now and then for snacks. And another about 2 km away that I stop at periodically (both of which have been around for more than a dozen years). I think this think may be good if you're in the middle of town. For the rest of us it would be better if they used driving distances rather than as-the-crow-flies distances. Cheers, Drew.
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Josh Gray wrote:
Almost right, we have a 2.5 year old son and the twins are both boys. Their mother wants a female dog to attempt to balance things out a bit
:laugh: Okay so it's going to be like Home Improvement![^]
Regards, Nish
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www.walkscore.com[^] This is a pretty interesting use of google map data, the web site gives an address a score out of 100 rating how many services are available in walking distance. My current address in Sydney gets 98 and it's an awesome place to live, we hardly use our car, shame we had to sell :( My previous address in Amsterdam got a perfect 100.
I got 87 in Sutherland Sydney. Not bad, though I'm not sure if they've included the recently opened supermarket and restaurant(s) in it.
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Hmm, I got 22 - "Car-Dependent." Interesting because my score includes a corner store that is only 1.18 km away...by boat. It's across the river which is wide and fast moving. It also misses a gas station and corner store less than a kilometre away that I walk to every now and then for snacks. And another about 2 km away that I stop at periodically (both of which have been around for more than a dozen years). I think this think may be good if you're in the middle of town. For the rest of us it would be better if they used driving distances rather than as-the-crow-flies distances. Cheers, Drew.
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I got 87 in Sutherland Sydney. Not bad, though I'm not sure if they've included the recently opened supermarket and restaurant(s) in it.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Okay so it's going to be like Home Improvement![^]
Pretty much :) but imagine being the father of the Olsen twins, that would come with its own set of challenges that could only be met with a shot gun.
Well yeah, as a dad, having a son is easier on the heart (specially when they enter their teens) and you don't need shotguns either!
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According to their blog their about to release an upgrade that measures the actual walking route.
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It would be interesting seeing their algorithm - I live in Epping, NSW, about 20mins walk (1.38km) from [almost everything], and I received a '48' ... I dont think 20mins walk (unless carrying a sh*tload of groceries) is too bad. It seems weighted against more than a 10 minute walk - Im hazarding a gross generalisation, but surely this is culture/background dependent - when I was in San Diego for instance, people wouldnt walk a block, whereas I think nothing of up to 30 minutes
Garth J Lancaster wrote:
whereas I think nothing of up to 30 minutes
I must say, I don't think much of it either.
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