Walkscore.com: How does your neighborhood rate?
Categories: Healthy Places, Fitness
Here at That's Fit we give out a lot of advice on incorporating exercise and physical activity into your everyday activities to save time and make it less of a conscious effort. A big part of that is walking more often when you may have driven before, i.e. parking at the far end of the parking lot and walking to a nearby cafe for lunch instead of driving to the restaurant across town. So how walk-friendly is your neighborhood? Walkscore.com will give your address a score based on the proximity of businesses like restaurants, post offices, parks, schools, theaters, you name it. It even lists everything on a map so you can get a clear picture of what's where.My neighborhood didn't do so well, scoring only a 34, because I'm right smack in the middle of a large residential area with hardly any businesses. Great for walking the dog, but not so great for walking errands.
Via Lifehacker
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris 7-26-2007 @ 2:36PM
I'm shocked. I got a 42, and for the first time realized that our downtown is only 1.5 miles away. (I don't think there's sidewalks for most of it though.) Still, I'll try walking there soon.
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