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So You Say You Need That Car
Gosling
Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered User regular
Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered User regular
Prove it.
Type in your address- be sure to include hometown, which it would help if you told us if it's not in your profile (your address you obviously want to keep to yourself)- and you will get a 'walk score' from 0 to 100. Higher is better.
Also, be sure to tell us of any possible quirks in the scoring system. For example, my 18 probably skews high because the place it classified as the closest grocery store is a one-room shithole attached to a dive bar. Both places are run by a crochety old man who would much rather be watching NASCAR and FOX News if it weren't for these damned kids. He runs the bar better than the store.
(If this thread dies horribly, blame Quid. He made me do it.)
Type in your address- be sure to include hometown, which it would help if you told us if it's not in your profile (your address you obviously want to keep to yourself)- and you will get a 'walk score' from 0 to 100. Higher is better.
Also, be sure to tell us of any possible quirks in the scoring system. For example, my 18 probably skews high because the place it classified as the closest grocery store is a one-room shithole attached to a dive bar. Both places are run by a crochety old man who would much rather be watching NASCAR and FOX News if it weren't for these damned kids. He runs the bar better than the store.
(If this thread dies horribly, blame Quid. He made me do it.)
I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
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I got a 66 which I think is slightly lower than necessary. The bus system here kinda sucks but I'm only a few block from most places I need on a daily basis and I also have access to the amenities on base. I also don't see the necessity of bars or coffee shops.
9 is freaking awesome.
Darn it I was supposed to be the worst score.
Edit: OK for some reason I read that as 8
Where my parents are living right now, they are 1.47 miles away from edge the shittier of the two towns they're in between.
There are no walking paths between these, but there are hella hills.
Fuck driving and fuck car maintenance and fuck other drivers and double-fuck these gas prices.
I more or less walk everywhere unless I need to take a bus or train and then I take a bus or train.
There's a small shopping complex near where I live, with a big grocery store, some restaurants, a barber shop and a dry cleaner.
Most other things don't really apply to me though. They gave points for having a gym near my house, but it's a kid's gym. Similarly, there's an elementary school several blocks away. A donut store is listed as a coffee shop. Etcetera.
I discovered some places on the map though and I'll check them out this week.
That and work is 20 miles away, and impossible to live close to given that its 6 miles wide.
That holds at most one week of groceries for a single person.
Presuming you bought no liquids.
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Personally, when I hit up north, I'm tossing my car and getting into one of those car rental clubs. It's a proper city, so I should be able to avoid car usage most of the time, but hell if I'm backpacking my groceries. Especially with my soda habits.
Where do you work?
Closest grocery store is 1.5 miles away, and the usual temperature out is around 100 degrees.
Mind, I understand perfectly well that this doesn't work for everyone.
I did choose the place because of easy access to a commercial plaza and an asian mall.
International airport. It isn't actually that wide, but it might as well be between all the parking and restricted access areas.
In all honesty, walking to the store/shopping isnt the problem. Work is still a good 20 miles away, and thats a walk I can't do four times a week.
edit: upon picking an older, close street I got a 32.
Basically a man purse, but hey, not like I'm trying to impress anyone.
Of course, to walk to all these places (of which Tae Kwon Do academies are counted as schools) I'd often have to cross through what is widely regarded as the worst neighborhood in Cincinnati. Not something that is impossible to do, but not something I'd do at night or with a bag of purchased goods.
My friends in Newtown get a wholesome 91, though.
Poor Harry.
So yeah, I'd say that unfortunately, I do need my car.
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Good thing he has a broom.
Part of that is because I have this nearby bookstore option: http://houseofmagick.com/
And apparently this is my theater within walking distance: http://www.alchemisttheatre.com/
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Do I really need to be able to walk to a coffee shop?
How can you be an elitist liberal if you aren't sipping a latte?
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Every place I've lived in TN is a 38, so weird coincidence.
That said it counted a gas station for groceries, but failed to count the grocery store next to it.