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Walkability score

In the vein of what Radiohead's trying to promote, I found this website today:Walk ScoreYou can type in an address to calculate a 'walkability' score for your neighborhood, or a potential neighborhood you're thinking of moving into. It's based on how many amenities like groceries and banks and whatnot are nearby. Right now it doesn't factor in public transit, since it's based on info found on Google Maps, and it only works for US, Canada and UK addresses (though the non-US data is not as accurate), but what a cool way to promote a less car-dependent way of thinking!
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