<p>Mine is only 49. Both my kids will be at colleges next year with much higher scores: </p>
<p>Berkeley = 98
Seattle = 100</p>
<p>Something to consider for college students who want a lot of variety and convenience but who won’t have cars. Also, in this era of ever-escalating gas prices, something to think about for retirement.</p>
<p>Mine is 65. I’m able to walk to most shops and to some of my doctors, ie I don’t need a car to survive when I retire, especially when I might not be able to drive.</p>
<p>What a nice website. This is so helpful. Thanks. Oh, and when checking colleges, one does not need the street address. One can just put in xyz U. and get a quick look at what is in walking distance!</p>
<p>I just plugged in 3 isolated LACs to see what scores came up. The scores were 14, 46, and 62. I really do not think the 62 on scale of 0-100 is an accurate reflection of how isolated the school is, so I guess one must still visit. The school that was a 14 was accurate enough to say that this is a rural place. The school that scored 46 has more than the school that scored a 14 and arguably the school that scored a 62, but was far from having lots within walking distance.</p>
<p>northeastmom, I just did another small town LAC (Whitman College) - it rates an 85. They are mostly small, independent businesses but they’re walking distance from campus.
I’m not even going to do my neighborhood. I’m sure it’s single digits.</p>
<p>And, based on my entries, I think it’s pretty accurate. I currently live in a 9. DH’s home before we married (where we first lived after marriage) was a 31. The last two places I chose were an 83 and a 98 respectively. I am a city person! DH is not… What We Do For Love. </p>
<p>We both loved the 83 though (Berkeley, Ca) and DH enjoyed visiting the 98 (Manhattan), but he was like a caged animal in that apartment. He needed his personal outdoor space.</p>
<p>S’s college address is an 80. He is his mother’s son :).</p>
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<li> I can walk to a big grocery store, Sears, macys, 2 chain pharmacies, another non-chain pharmacie. A dollar store, and several other stores, and shopping areas, they are building a target around the corner. And I’m convenient to buses and could easily get to Drexel, penn, temple, lasalle and several other colleges on public transit.</li>
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<p>I will NEVER live in a place where you need a car to get milk.</p>
<p>I just plugged in my son’s dorm address in NYC, it is 100, no surprise there. The place he lives is above a Duane Reade store and across the street from Trader Joes and whole foods.</p>
<p>This is a really interesting site. And I’m living in a “12.” :rolleyes: My oldest has moved to a different part of the country and the place he’s looking to move into next month is a 94! I guess he learned something about living in a “12.”</p>
<p>I typed in my address (which is about 3.5 miles from University of Notre Dame) and got a walk score of 57. Then I typed in ND and got a score of 28…interesting that you can get that much of a difference just by living a few miles away.</p>
<p>I also noticed that if you plug in some colleges/universities by name only, you won’t necessarily duplicate the identical score each time. I don’t know if the program puts in a street address, or what causes the numbers to vary a bit.</p>
<p>Zero, plus we go from an elevation of 50 to 600ft in 3 miles. E10 gas now is in the stations, and we definitely feel the oil pricing. Thankyou W.</p>
<p>Our score is a 2, which seems a little harsh. We aren’t out in the country or anything. In fact, I can walk to the club, church, and a convenience store but they don’t count those.</p>
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