What is your Google WALK SCORE? Mine is a 2 out of 100

[웃 910]

0 being really bad and 100 being really good

http://www.walkscore.com/

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Why are you calling it a google walk score?

I got a 15.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I received a 94

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I received a 94

Designing neighborhoods that are walkable is all part of a plot by urban designers to steer us as a people towards collectivism.

I have to tell you, it warmed my heart to see LI's score of 2. It shows that freedom in this land isn't dead yet.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Designing neighborhoods that are walkable is all part of a plot by urban designers to steer us as a people towards collectivism.

I have to tell you, it warmed my heart to see LI's score of 2. It shows that freedom in this land isn't dead yet.

lol freedom. I have 11 grocery stores under a mile from my house.

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lol freedom. I have 11 grocery stores under a mile from my house.

Sounds like a socialist hellhole. You have my condolences.

[웃 910]

Why are you calling it a google walk score?

I got a 15.

Because Monkey See - Monkey Do

And I saw this ad on craigslist which says:

Good location with Google walking score over 60.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

Designing neighborhoods that are walkable is all part of a plot by urban designers to steer us as a people towards collectivism.

I have to tell you, it warmed my heart to see LI's score of 2. It shows that freedom in this land isn't dead yet.

I scored an 80....but I would not describe us as an urban area. We're a town in NH, but I live towards the center of town

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I scored an 80....but I would not describe us as an urban area. We're a town in NH, but I live towards the center of town

So not quite as communist as where Sousuke lives but getting there? I'd move. Values under 10 should be the goal for all freedom loving people.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

...but it says I live in "Walker's Paradise". Am I neglecting my car too much?

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[Usui Takumi 1,562]

There is a beta version of street smart on the site. I scored a 95 on that and it breaks down your score.

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The Lynchburg Tea Party describes how walkability and 'sustainable development' is just a plot to turn us into China or the Former Soviet Union.

You may recognize the Soros funded Center for American Progress. It is run by John Podesta, Clinton administration Chief of Staff and Obama Transition Team director. Podesta is also on the board of the Apollo Alliance, formerly run by Green Jobs Czar, self-described communist, Van Jones.

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Here is another example of the Delphi Technique in application and a revealing illustration of where they are attempting to go with it. The Baltimore County government’s Office of Planning devotes an entire section to developing the concept of a “Green Transportation Hierarchy,” kind of an upside-down takeoff on Abraham Maslow[1]’s “Hierarchy of Needs.”

They identify those transportation modes that contribute to “global warming” ranked from least (pedestrians) to most (our cars).

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The thrust clearly favors public transportation and the ultimate goal is walking and biking, the common modes of transport in communist China.

Yes, they want our cars too.

This is made explicit in the push for “20 minute neighborhoods.” Portland, Oregon is taking the lead in this initiative. Here is there justification:

Desires for sustainable living: increased energy conservation, support for local businesses, active and healthier lifestyles and improving community connections and equity has led to an interest in fostering the development or redevelopment of walkable communities, or 20-minute neighborhoods, in Portland.

Before the 1920s, when autos were rare and few people had access to a car on a regular basis, most people lived in 20-minute neighborhoods by necessity. As cars became more available, proposals to preserve 20-minute neighborhoods entered planning literature. In 1929, the “Neighborhood Unit” by Clarence Perry described successful neighborhoods as those that offer accessibility to the spectrum of day-to-day human needs. He proposed defining these neighborhoods in terms of a one-quarter mile walk.

Despite well-recognized interest in keeping 20-minute neighborhoods in the late 1920s, and beyond, during the second-half of the 20th century, the trend across the United States was toward providing auto-oriented residential and commercial environments.

However, increased interest in improving sustainability—responding to challenges posed by climate change by reducing car trips and decreasing energy use in general, the need for affordable housing and to reduce housing-related costs, the need to stay physically fit and live healthily and wants to support local businesses—has renewed interest in walkable environments or 20-minute neighborhoods.

Walkable communities are defined specifically, too:

Some studies have shown that a 20-minute walk equates to approximately 1 mile walking at a fast pace; however, the average person could walk between ¼ to ½ a mile under safe, conducive walking conditions, (e.g. sidewalks and short blocks).

To emphasize the importance of short distances for walking, we used an analysis area with dimensions of 500 by 500 feet and used the frequency of intersections and the presence of sidewalks as factors in walkability.

They want to herd us into ¼ mile neighborhoods. And population density is specified as well: a minimum density of 12-18 households per acre. Welcome to the Soviet Union!

There is a beta version of street smart on the site. I scored a 95 on that and it breaks down your score.

Haha my score went down with that. Down to a 13.

IMO it should be even lower.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

So not quite as communist as where Sousuke lives but getting there? I'd move. Values under 10 should be the goal for all freedom loving people.

Well we will be moving back to England this year....I put in our postcode for where we plan to live and scored a 45. That's in a tiny English village.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

The Lynchburg Tea Party describes how walkability and 'sustainable development' is just a plot to turn us into China or the Former Soviet Union.

Haha my score went down with that. Down to a 13.

IMO it should be even lower.

That's interesting as my neighborhood was laid out in the 1920s.

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That's interesting as my neighborhood was laid out in the 1920s.

So what are you trying to say? The Tea Party is wrong?