Comments on: Seattle 6th Most Walkable City http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/seattle_6th_most_walkable_city.html Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rama http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/seattle_6th_most_walkable_city.html/comment-page-1#comment-2726 rama Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:55:11 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/seattle_6th_most_walkable_city.html#comment-2726 Huh? Where are you originally from? If you lived here 20 years ago, you'd probably have foamed at the mouth and wish you were a crow so you could lift off out of the downtown area! Huh? Where are you originally from? If you lived here 20 years ago, you’d probably have foamed at the mouth and wish you were a crow so you could lift off out of the downtown area!

]]> By: Ben http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/seattle_6th_most_walkable_city.html/comment-page-1#comment-2724 Ben Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:37:37 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/seattle_6th_most_walkable_city.html#comment-2724 This is an admirable idea, the whole WalkScore thing. But I find the data close to useless because they use "as the crow flies" distance to calculate how close things are to you. This grossly underestimates the distance that you need to walk. They do acknowledge the problems with their methology though, and it is a desirable trait for a city to have (Sydney, Australia is very walkable, even in the burbs). Seattle needs to focus on its problems with crime and grime in the downtown area. You can't walk more than 3-4 blocks in any direction without feeling like you hit the ghetto. This is an admirable idea, the whole WalkScore thing. But I find the data close to useless because they use “as the crow flies” distance to calculate how close things are to you. This grossly underestimates the distance that you need to walk.

They do acknowledge the problems with their methology though, and it is a desirable trait for a city to have (Sydney, Australia is very walkable, even in the burbs).

Seattle needs to focus on its problems with crime and grime in the downtown area. You can’t walk more than 3-4 blocks in any direction without feeling like you hit the ghetto.

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