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Olyblog challenge of the Day: Walk Score your neighborhood

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:36am.

How walkable is your neighborhood?

Mine, not so great. Over at Walk Score, my house just off of Boulevard Road scores a 25 our of 100, and that's with a few places that don't even exist (Johnson County Park?) boosting my neighborhood's apparent score.

The site takes into consideration the number of parks, schools, grocery stores and other places you would probably drive to within walking distance of you. The more places, the better your neighborhood scores.

So, go over there, and let us know how your neighborhood score.

On a sidenote, I'm not all that surprised my neighborhood didnt' do well. Its actually one of the least community friendly neighborhoods in the city. I'm glad at least one city councilmember (recently appointed) wants to do something about that.

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Submitted by security_six on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:51am.

n/t

How far can you walk at high

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:52am.

How far can you walk at high tide?

My scores in the near Westside

Submitted by Logarithm on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 3:10pm.

Current rental - 65
New house - 48

I'm a little sad to be moving a few blocks further from the action (Harrison), but it's still within walking distance of downtown, and totally bike-able to everything.

Near Ralph's Thrifty Way I enjoy a score of 69.

Submitted by Guglielmo on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 1:16pm.

...

Near the Family Christian Bookstore...

Submitted by jlw on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 1:57pm.

... a paltry 22.

37

Submitted by JulieM on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 2:12pm.

off of Cooper Point and 14th Ave. (Goldcrest). I think it's misleading though because it has the shops on Cooper Point within walking distance, which they are, but the walk without a sidewalk is a bit treacherous.

20. If I remember

Submitted by OperaGirl on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 2:15pm.

20. If I remember correctly, we live fairly close to each other, Emmett. I do enjoy that I live near the Pit Stop, my church, the elementary school and LBA so all is not lost. It could be way better though!

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven

68

Submitted by Rob Richards on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 2:48pm.

Lower Eastside Neighborhood, on 8th Ave between Boundary and Central.

88. Downtown near the library

Submitted by Chia on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 4:39pm.

An excellent location for a pedestrian to live!

Don't eat meat, ride a bike...that's how you can brake global warming, the head of the United Nation's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change said...

98 Beat that suckers!

Submitted by Laurian on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 4:45pm.

I live in the Elks Building across from Sylvester Park. This must be why my rent is so friggin' high.

perfect 100

Submitted by tovah on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 7:19pm.

I live in the Rex. Although I'm not sure I buy into this, under schools it said "Old School Pizzeria"

Hilarious

Submitted by Logarithm on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:10am.

"under schools it said "Old School Pizzeria"

Hah!

nt

Submitted by tovah on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 7:44pm.

66 for me

Submitted by wilson on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 4:58pm.

n/t

South Capitol 68

Submitted by CIAGuy on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 5:15pm.

but this strikes me as kind of the Blue Book offical value. You know when it says your old car is worth $2, 000 or whatever not taking into account the vaule of the utliity the vehicle has to you directly.

I walk my kid to school and I walk to work every day. In fact I find myself rubbing the chalk marks off my tires that the OlyCity parking folks draw on there since I can go all week without driving and they want you to move the car every three days.

97!

Submitted by Just another voice on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 7:18pm.

I am downtown by Les Schawb and my score was a 97. Not quite as high the Elk building but still good. With gas prices going up and the environment fighting back (read flooding and heat) we need to look at where we live and how much we drive. Living in mixed use communities is the way to go.

I guess this is just another great example why we need more housing Downtown.

But I am Just Another Voice

66

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 7:35pm.

Upper Eastside

55

Submitted by geoduck42 on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 9:38pm.

Near the Safeway on Capital Way. I'd personally rate it a little higher, since the site didn't mention some of the stuff that is nearby; there's a surprising mix of businesses around the Safeway, and three major buslines go past, so at worst it's a 15 minute wait if you want to catch a ride downtown. Of course, right now North Street is closed and torn up, so that would push the score way down..

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Submitted by Meta Hogan on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:12am.

I live right near the Safeway, too. Hm. I bet we could easily walk to each other's houses, and yet there's a 23-point difference in our scores.

Aren't you like a mile from the Safeway?

Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:20am.

Don't be density-ist. Out

Submitted by Meta Hogan on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:33am.

Don't be density-ist. Out here, that mile you're referring to is called "right near the Safeway". It's a simple suburban formula: the Safeway is "over yonder", so you have to drag out to Capitol and then mosey on over. It doesn't feel like a mile until you schlepp your groceries home. Have a little cross-zoning sensitivity, dude.

Sorry, didn't mean to offend.

Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:37am.

I start getting uncomfortable when distances aren't measured in blocks anymore. I start sweating and hear the dueling banjos from 'Deliverance' in my head. It's scary out in the country where you live.

well pardner

Submitted by security_six on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:26pm.

You still dodging them buggies and velocipedes out thar?

0

Submitted by BillfromOlyNowR... on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 10:22pm.

Wow, a zero, that sucks.

WINSTON(painfully)

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 10:34pm.

WINSTON
(painfully)
It's your future:
I see...a cab ride.

(dropping the act)

Sorry guys, move out of the sticks.

(to Raquel)

Say goodbye, Raquel

52

Submitted by The Original Yoda on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:01pm.

Eastside, near the "dog park" church.

65

Submitted by enpen on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 2:11am.

SE, by the train tracks.

"In principle, I am an anarchist. Kurt Vonnegut once said he was an agnostic who respects Jesus Christ. I am an anarchist who loves democracy." - Kenzaburo Oe

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Submitted by Kozmo on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 7:32am.

near intersection of Boulevard Rd and Yelm Highway someone else made the point (high tide) that distances seem to be calculated by straight lines regardless if they are walkable. Is the proximity of a service positive if I have to sprint across the freeway to get to it?

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