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Re:People who live in older, walkable neighborhoods have bet... by jimboyoungblood on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:04PM (#648269)
Somewhat related: http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/

The data is sorta flawed- it ranks SF #1 since their methodology doesn't take into account steepness of terrain- but nevertheless, pretty interesting.

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Re:People who live in older, walkable neighborhoods have bet... by carbon8 on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @12:04AM (#648510)
Yeah, I want to like that since I'm a fan of the idea, but there are other problems, such as not including major surrounding cities/suburbs that are more walkable than the main cities themselves and not accounting for crime.
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