Saturday, July 17, 2010
WALKABILITY
I just measured our Walk Score in the new home.
We got a score of 82. Very high walkability.
The walk score of the old place is 35. Not so good.
The score is based on nearby amenities. Parks, stores, schools. Stuff like that.
We can easily walk to two movie theaters, a big public park that includes a ball park, a swimming pool, the main library and so on.
There is a fairly good sized shopping center across from the park.
In the other direction we have the same. Hotels, Inns. There are no "motels" in Palm Springs.
We can walk to two movie theaters. One wide distribution, the other more art films.
Pretty good, huh?
I do need to point out that the old location was highly walkable in another sense than is meant in this score. We had small trails to walk, hills with great views and suburban like neighborhoods. Lots of grass.
The main focus of our walks is Booker's twice daily perambulations. He likes it all. We do have desert here but he doesn't favor it. I think that the environment here is a lot more interesting for him although we already notice that there are a lot less bones to find. People keep their garbage cleaned up, there are no restaurants nearby and the gardeners don't throw their lunch leftovers into the bushes. Although Booker is still searching for it.
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