<p>I love walkscore and have used it frequently, but it can be rigid and wonky. We once looked at a house that was across the street from us, and it had a higher walk score – just crossing the street put stores just outside their zone for walkability. A quarter mile is the cut-off, which is about 5 blocks. What I don’t like about walkscore, for example, it will say a house is close to a library, but that library is a specialty library only for members, so it shouldn’t count. And it often doesn’t know the condition of the roads you have to walk on. </p>
<p>Walkability is very important to me and was the number one priority the last time we moved. Next time we move, which will probably be when my husband retires, the transit score will be important, too. </p>