Walk Score

WhisBOOM

http://www.walkscore.com/index.shtml

Kinda neat. We score an 88. Seems about right, though I was surprised our old place is a bit lower. I am curious about the parameters they use, the website isn't as descriptive as I'd like.

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Qyn

My current apt scored a 55, which is weird since I'm right in the middle of the business/entertainment district on the island. My old apartment which had a longer walk to more places scored 3 points higher.

My old apartment in downtown Great Barrington scored a 92 though....woot GB.

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Trumby

Hmm, interesting. I live right next to a mall and only a few blocks away are a ton of stores and food places. Got a 72.

Furiouso

68 where I live, though I don't consider most of the places around me as walkable. There's a major road cutting through the area, it's more of a driving community. Just weighting based on proximity isn't as smart as I'd like.

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John

98, bitches. I wonder what gets a 100...?

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Sumul

I've tried this several times throughout the day, but every time it says: "Sorry, Google is blocking requests from Walk Score because we are receiving too much traffic right now. We're working with Google to resolve this issue. Please try back in one hour. Thanks for using Walk Score!"

WTF. Is this thing racist or something?

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Fap

Sumul wrote:
I've tried this several times throughout the day, but every time it says: "Sorry, Google is blocking requests from Walk Score because we are receiving too much traffic right now. We're working with Google to resolve this issue. Please try back in one hour. Thanks for using Walk Score!"

WTF. Is this thing racist or something?

"We're sorry, Google feels you brown people should be running not walking, since you people seem so good at it."

Also, where I live got a 52, which is fairly acurate. My favorite thing about that site is the business listings that are walking distance. Aparently there's a vintage rock t-shirt store like right around the corner. I'm totally going to go buy a Toto shirt.

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N8

98 Over here

Tigue (not verified)

For ours they calculated using some places that were further away than the ones actually closest to us...we still got an 85 though.

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15

57 in Florence
58 for the place I lived over the summer in Salem
97 for living at school

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Vasya

85 here.

Tigue (not verified)

Vasya wrote:
85 here.

Goof, I just posted that.

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Vasya

Haha. Well, here's the reason I started playing WoW - the walk score at the place my parents lived? ZERO.

famonia

heh. my place in san francisco gets a 97... too bad it doesn't take into account the quality of the various businesses etc. then it would score like a -15 ;)

fam.

WhisBOOM

haha, maybe yelp! and google will get together and have a whacked-out baby and your dream will come true Fam.

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Ariwyn

23..and some of the stores they listed..weren't really here.

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Demonskin

Our crib scores an 89, but I think we should get bonus points for being able to swim to places as well as walk. :D

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Will

Demonskin wrote:
we should get bonus points for being able to swim to places as well as walk. :D

Explain.

Preferably with diagrams.

Ys

23 as well. Woot. Great Barrington ftw?

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Qyn

Ys wrote:
23 as well. Woot. Great Barrington ftw?

I got a 92 in Great Barrington!

Though I lived in town in the building that the Mahaiwe and Glory of India are in.

Ys

That's not bad. Simon's Rock got like a 2 I think.

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Excalibur

0 for me. Funny thing is.. I still walk to the shops anyway.

Ys

Times Square got a 98 ...

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Vasya

Will wrote:
Explain.

Preferably with diagrams.

The cool people in Madison like to live in downtown. Now, let's take a look at downtown Madison:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.083684,-89.376869&spn=0.087887,0.160675&z=13&om=1

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Demonskin

Will wrote:
Demonskin wrote:
we should get bonus points for being able to swim to places as well as walk. :D
Explain. Preferably with diagrams.


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Qyn

Rofl. Skinny we didn't need to see your WHITE ASS.

God, just as I was about to leave for lunch too.

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Sumul

I'm pretty sure that's a woman.

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Ariwyn

sumul you perv

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Qyn

Sumul wrote:
I'm pretty sure that's a woman.

I'm pretty sure I was joking.

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Sumul

Qyn wrote:
I'm pretty sure I was joking.

Heh, so was I. Had I not been, I would have said, "Qyn, that's a female body. Have you not seen one before?"

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Vasya

I think that's pretty standard for a female form.