how important is a walk score?

[Anonymous]

Very strange. I'm less than a mile from Ballston and only have a score of 57?? Seems off. And, when I lived in Glover Park DC I only had a score of 87? Again, that seems very low considering I could walk two blocks and be at a Whole Foods, Liquor store, dry cleaner, restuarants, gym ,CVS etc,.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our walk score is 95. We joke that we'd actually have to live inside the Metro station to get it any higher.

It is not important to a lot of people.

It is very important to some people.

I WAH so I could live in the middle of nowhere, but I choose high walk score area because today---I left my house to go to the gym 2 blocks away. After I finished my workout I remembered there were two kid bday parties this weekend--so one block from the gym I walked into the toy store bought two gifts had them wrapped up. From there- I stopped at the Stationary store for a card for my sister, Starbucks and whole foods for milk. I walked home showered and walked 2 blocks to get a spray-on tan for the weekend. I also grabbed a pair of earrings at one of the retail stores for an outfit I plan to wear tomorrow night. At 3:30 I walked to pick up my kids from school and we headed to the splash park and then Pinkberry.

I love NEVER getting in a car. Yes- I could have driven to a big strip and dealt with the crowded lots and the busy memorial day crowds. Instead- it was good exercise and convenience even if it is mo-fuckin' hot out there!

I do love having a spray tan, nail salon and gym within blocks of my house. GTL!!!!!

Seriously though I can do all errands and walk to schools and parks in a very short distance. As others have mentioned--downside is more density, more people, etc. but that is city-living. I don't mind that aspect. I actually crave it. I lose my mind with quiet and no action.

Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our walk score is 95. We joke that we'd actually have to live inside the Metro station to get it any higher.

It is not important to a lot of people.

It is very important to some people.

I WAH so I could live in the middle of nowhere, but I choose high walk score area because today---I left my house to go to the gym 2 blocks away. After I finished my workout I remembered there were two kid bday parties this weekend--so one block from the gym I walked into the toy store bought two gifts had them wrapped up. From there- I stopped at the Stationary store for a card for my sister, Starbucks and whole foods for milk. I walked home showered and walked 2 blocks to get a spray-on tan for the weekend. I also grabbed a pair of earrings at one of the retail stores for an outfit I plan to wear tomorrow night. At 3:30 I walked to pick up my kids from school and we headed to the splash park and then Pinkberry.

I love NEVER getting in a car. Yes- I could have driven to a big strip and dealt with the crowded lots and the busy memorial day crowds. Instead- it was good exercise and convenience even if it is mo-fuckin' hot out there!

I do love having a spray tan, nail salon and gym within blocks of my house. GTL!!!!!

Seriously though I can do all errands and walk to schools and parks in a very short distance. As others have mentioned--downside is more density, more people, etc. but that is city-living. I don't mind that aspect. I actually crave it. I lose my mind with quiet and no action.

Where do you live?

Clarendon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our walk score is 95. We joke that we'd actually have to live inside the Metro station to get it any higher.

It is not important to a lot of people.

It is very important to some people.

I WAH so I could live in the middle of nowhere, but I choose high walk score area because today---I left my house to go to the gym 2 blocks away. After I finished my workout I remembered there were two kid bday parties this weekend--so one block from the gym I walked into the toy store bought two gifts had them wrapped up. From there- I stopped at the Stationary store for a card for my sister, Starbucks and whole foods for milk. I walked home showered and walked 2 blocks to get a spray-on tan for the weekend. I also grabbed a pair of earrings at one of the retail stores for an outfit I plan to wear tomorrow night. At 3:30 I walked to pick up my kids from school and we headed to the splash park and then Pinkberry.

I love NEVER getting in a car. Yes- I could have driven to a big strip and dealt with the crowded lots and the busy memorial day crowds. Instead- it was good exercise and convenience even if it is mo-fuckin' hot out there!

I do love having a spray tan, nail salon and gym within blocks of my house. GTL!!!!!


Sounds like Clarendon. Or Foggy Bottom area / West End merging into Georgetown.

Seriously though I can do all errands and walk to schools and parks in a very short distance. As others have mentioned--downside is more density, more people, etc. but that is city-living. I don't mind that aspect. I actually crave it. I lose my mind with quiet and no action.

Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

With the spray-on tan reference, there really was no need to ask where the poster lived. Clarendon should have been the obvious answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our walk score is 95. We joke that we'd actually have to live inside the Metro station to get it any higher.

It is not important to a lot of people.

It is very important to some people.

I WAH so I could live in the middle of nowhere, but I choose high walk score area because today---I left my house to go to the gym 2 blocks away. After I finished my workout I remembered there were two kid bday parties this weekend--so one block from the gym I walked into the toy store bought two gifts had them wrapped up. From there- I stopped at the Stationary store for a card for my sister, Starbucks and whole foods for milk. I walked home showered and walked 2 blocks to get a spray-on tan for the weekend. I also grabbed a pair of earrings at one of the retail stores for an outfit I plan to wear tomorrow night. At 3:30 I walked to pick up my kids from school and we headed to the splash park and then Pinkberry.

I love NEVER getting in a car. Yes- I could have driven to a big strip and dealt with the crowded lots and the busy memorial day crowds. Instead- it was good exercise and convenience even if it is mo-fuckin' hot out there!

I do love having a spray tan, nail salon and gym within blocks of my house. GTL!!!!!

Seriously though I can do all errands and walk to schools and parks in a very short distance. As others have mentioned--downside is more density, more people, etc. but that is city-living. I don't mind that aspect. I actually crave it. I lose my mind with quiet and no action.

Great...you can have a great walkability score so you can overpay on all your purchases. Id rather have more land and space and have the option of paying fair prices for my stuff...

[Anonymous]

It's not an "overpayment". It's the cost of convenience.

But I suppose someone needs to buy all the suburban properties whose value has deflated, since, like most people nowadays, I'm not about to. Good for you for believing in old-fashioned American land and space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our walk score is 95. We joke that we'd actually have to live inside the Metro station to get it any higher.

It is not important to a lot of people.

It is very important to some people.

I WAH so I could live in the middle of nowhere, but I choose high walk score area because today---I left my house to go to the gym 2 blocks away. After I finished my workout I remembered there were two kid bday parties this weekend--so one block from the gym I walked into the toy store bought two gifts had them wrapped up. From there- I stopped at the Stationary store for a card for my sister, Starbucks and whole foods for milk. I walked home showered and walked 2 blocks to get a spray-on tan for the weekend. I also grabbed a pair of earrings at one of the retail stores for an outfit I plan to wear tomorrow night. At 3:30 I walked to pick up my kids from school and we headed to the splash park and then Pinkberry.

I love NEVER getting in a car. Yes- I could have driven to a big strip and dealt with the crowded lots and the busy memorial day crowds. Instead- it was good exercise and convenience even if it is mo-fuckin' hot out there!

I do love having a spray tan, nail salon and gym within blocks of my house. GTL!!!!!

Seriously though I can do all errands and walk to schools and parks in a very short distance. As others have mentioned--downside is more density, more people, etc. but that is city-living. I don't mind that aspect. I actually crave it. I lose my mind with quiet and no action.

Great...you can have a great walkability score so you can overpay on all your purchases. Id rather have more land and space and have the option of paying fair prices for my stuff...

My time is $... Gas is $. Lifestyle. There was nothing judgemental in my post. I GET why people want to love farther out and have a bigger house, more land and green space. I grew up in the suburbs. I answered the ? That was posted. Some people careless about walking and others it is paramount. I didn't say there was a right answer. It's a personal decision-- not a right or wrong answer. Don't make it a competition it is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the spray-on tan reference, there really was no need to ask where the poster lived. Clarendon should have been the obvious answer.

Really? Because I walked to the spray-on tan place on P st in Dupont all of the time.

[Anonymous]

Well, it becomes a competition when Walkscore influences property value, as it has started to do.

[Anonymous]

I wish I could walk where I live, but I might get taken out by the neighborhood watch man. So I drive everywhere - carefully.

[Anonymous]

i think its easier to stay in shape if you walk more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, it becomes a competition when Walkscore influences property value, as it has started to do.

Really? Where have you heard or read that? I've never heard anyone talk about walkability score except on this board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it becomes a competition when Walkscore influences property value, as it has started to do.

Really? Where have you heard or read that? I've never heard anyone talk about walkability score except on this board.

It was one of the main things we were looking at when we moved, mostly because we wanted to know we would not be using are car. And we don't...ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it becomes a competition when Walkscore influences property value, as it has started to do.

Really? Where have you heard or read that? I've never heard anyone talk about walkability score except on this board.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/now-coveted-a-walkable-convenient-place.html?ref=opinion

Note, however, that many walkable areas are now in the suburbs, not the cities. And, of course, the fact that walkable areas may cost more per square foot does not mean that people will not still pay more money for larger properties. In this region, Great Falls still has the most expensive properties of any zip code, and it's certainly does not have a high Walk Score.