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Mine is, regrettably: 48 out of 100 — Car-Dependent, while the neighborhood where I grew up is: 62 out of 100 — Somewhat Walkable. Perhaps I should have stayed at my first apartment: 75 out of 100 — Very Walkable...

Just something I found interesting.

I got 46. But I love my area. It is also , of course, car-dependent.

Mine got 44 but at least part of that is because the site apparently has ignored the school withing walking distance, and placed the nearest school as across the Mississippi, in another state, and then given the distance in direct miles, which can only be accomplished if one swims the Mississippi. (That is discounting the school it says is .3 miles away which is a Sunday summer school run by Baptists. My neighborhood is still predominantly Roman Catholic.) And, while the site does speak about "walking", it ignores important facts such as the fact that no point in my neighborhood is more than 1 block (.2 mile) away from a bus stop. Still, it is a good attempt at showing things that most don't realize.

I remember that not too long ago real estate ads mentioned nearness to bus stops. They haven't for several years, at least there. I think they might start doing so again.

My property is right on the corner of a main street and the bus stop 20 feet away only from my land -on the swale- that I have to keep clean (forced by the city). I tried an address in Canada and it didn't work.

My address in Canada works, Mozart. However, it only scores 30. There is no public transport here. They weren't counting hitching a ride on the freight train to Michigan, as it whistles through the town, I guess.

All Canadian locations automatically lose at least 25 points due to the likelihood of polar bear attacks.

My address gets 67, although there is a strong possibility of urban-skunk encounters. For household pets, there's also a good chance of urban-coyote attack. It's kind of sad, seeing all those "Missing Cat" flyers posted. Not missing - eaten.

Where I grew up, 95

Where I live now, 48

Wow - I didn't expet a lowly 14 out of 100. Everybody walks in my neighborhood, and the crime is zip. However, there are no sidewalks.

Where I grew up: 17

Where I lived in college: 89!

I should have stayed in school

Where I'm living now is an 85. Where I was until June = 95.

I like to be within walking distance of a lot of amenities.

One thing this doesn't calculate, is how close you are to a bus stop. Where I grew up rated a 65, but it was a 20 minute walk from a bus stop. Everything not close by was unbelievebly hard to walk to. On the other hand, where my father lives now,rated a 48, but there is a bus stop outside the door of house, so technically speaking it's less car dependent....

32 out of 100. But I knew that because I am in a fairly rural small town area where ammenities are far spaced.

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One thing this doesn't calculate, is how close you are to a bus stop.

Good point, Leppi, though I don't think "less car-dependent" necessarily includes use of the bus. I think the whole point is to walk. But, better to use public transport than your own, certainly!

That said, there is a bus stop one house away from me but if I exchanged my eight-minute commute to work for a bus ride, I would spend at least ninty minutes on the bus, one way. So that doesn't help me or anyone.