Thursday, December 4, 2008

Can You Survive On Foot?

My dad and I were talking the other day about our respective neighborhoods and how necessary it is to have a car in them. Some neighborhoods you can walk to everything you need, while others you need a bike or--like my parent's place in the San Bernadino Mountains-- you absolutely must have a car.

If you want to know how "walkable" your neighborhood is, check out this site:
http://www.walkscore.com/

My neighborhood in N Portland got a 78 out of a hundred, pretty good, but there's no supermarket within a mile of our place.

How does your neighborhood rate?

But even if it's pretty walkable, the real question is: how often would you walk instead of driving if you had the option?

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