Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: Find a walkable neighborhood
Pixie wrote:
Andrew_s wrote:
Really, where I live is very walkable, if you can walk! (Going on my example, I wonder whether that site is for the mobility challenged, which of course is another issue.)
On edit: okay in fairness, it may due to lack of data in this case.
Come on everybody! All its doing is calculating distances. It's not calculating crime rate or hills or the necessity to cross a freeway or a busy street or the possibility of rabid animal attack. Nevertheless, it is an interesting little tool and I will remember it.
Indeed, data is perhaps little short yet in more remote areas!
But I have you cased: I know that the pixies are resposible for the rise in crude:
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You finallly are outed!
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Find a walkable neighborhood
Lanthanide wrote:
This could be a useful tool for anyone considering moving somewhere else though - gives you a quick snapshot of what's around in the area.
Very true. Another nice feature is viewing an area from satellite in real color. You can see how urbanisation has progressed, what resources are in the area, what natural dangers. From the air you can see if buildings are built in the flood plane of the river, with nothing but man made concrete holding it back...
I didn't move to this part of the country because what I knew about the geography of the area. Not because of "this map" but I knew the flood danger an area built like this had. A view from the sky can tell a person a lot about an area. What does this picture tell you?
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Find a walkable neighborhood
Unfortunately here in the US, walkable (and reasonably safe) neighborhoods tend to be EXPENSIVE neighborhoods, with the exception of some small rural towns (where there are few to no decent jobs). The ultimate examples of this phenomenon can be found in ritzy places like Manhattan and San Francisco.
Yes, I know, there are exceptions, which is why I wrote "tend to." _________________ "Actually, humans died out long ago."
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Find a walkable neighborhood
thuja wrote:
75 and lovin' it
Dang Thuja, you must live in Gresham or Hillsboro. Mine was 85/100 here (close-in eastside).
85 seems to be a reasonable score. My neighborhood is definitely very walkable, which is why I live here. I do wish there was a closer post office and library, though. A slightly closer farmer's market would also be nice, but now I'm just complaining....
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