Your Walk Score

[DisturbedPervert]

My old neighborhood in Berkeley gets 100 out of 100.  Doesn't really deserve that score though, the nearest proper supermarket was about a 10 minute walk away.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

My old neighborhood in Berkeley gets 100 out of 100.  Doesn't really deserve that score though, the nearest proper supermarket was about a 10 minute walk away.

Ya my hood is more walkable than Berkeley and only got a 91

[MadImmortalMan]

Ten minutes is not a long walk. 



Anyway, I wonder if there is a site like this that does some analysis on whether not having a car is ultimately cheaper or more expensive where you live. I'm willing to bet that a good majority of the places where you could live without owning one are so expensive in other costs to more than offset it.

Mono thinks he's saving money not having a car. *snicker*

[saskganesh]

My old neighborhood in Berkeley gets 100 out of 100.  Doesn't really deserve that score though, the nearest proper supermarket was about a 10 minute walk away.

dude that's 800 yards. are you fat or crippled or something?

[DisturbedPervert]

Nope.  Maybe it was a bit further.  It was far enough to be a pain the ass carrying grocery's back home.

[saskganesh]

well it's a big part of why I don't drive. I don't need to. Never have the whole time I've lived in Vancouver. other hoods I've lived in are almost as "walkable"

I've never lived in a nonwalkable neighbourhood. I have often needed cars for workstuff (but not getting to work); never for living.

looking at gas, maintenence, insurance, that's conservatively over $100G I have never had to spend. far more than I spend in cigarettes. plus I am in good shape, which is nice considering my tobacco thing.

cars are fun though. I know that part.

[saskganesh]

Nope.  Maybe it was a bit further.  It was far enough to be a pain the ass carrying grocery's back home.

steal a shopping cart. :violin:

[Ed Anger]

Nope.  Maybe it was a bit further.  It was far enough to be a pain the ass carrying grocery's back home.

steal a shopping cart. :violin:

Then you can collect cans. :hobo:

[Sheilbh]

Mono thinks he's saving money not having a car. *snicker*

He probably is.  Imagine how much a parking space would cost in Hong Kong.

[MadImmortalMan]

He probably is.  Imagine how much a parking space would cost in Hong Kong.

Imagine what his 900 sq/ft flat would cost in a town where he would have to drive. 


The comparison is between living where he does with no car and living somewhere he would need a car to get around and having one. Not having a car where he is now. Besides, Mrs. Mono will make him get one anyway and he'll have the worst of both worlds.   

[PDH]

My old neighborhood in Berkeley gets 100 out of 100.  Doesn't really deserve that score though, the nearest proper supermarket was about a 10 minute walk away.

Andronicos?

[DisturbedPervert]

Andronicos?

Yeap.

[PDH]

Yeap.

Way too expensive anyway

[garbon]

I remember this. It does strange things like considering a coffee shop (no pastries or the like) as a restaurant and calls the liquor store in my apt, a grocery store.

[Caliga]

Got a 55. Seems low, the neighborhood is very walkable. Bars, churches, a pharmacy, restaurants, liquor stores, supermarkets, a baseball field, police station, two elementary schools, a middle school, and a library all within a mile and a half, and most of that's with .75 miles.

In my case there are no bars in this entire county.

Plenty of gas stations though.