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Yes, I know “walkable” isn’t a word, but for those of you who are clients or frequent readers of my blog, you know that I love the web site www.WalkScore.com.

From the web sites main page you can enter any address in America and it will populate a map of the area immediately surrounding that address with all of the amenities the neighborhood has to offer.  Schools, parks, libraries, gyms, grocery stores coffee shops, etc.  It will also tabulate a “walk score”, for that neighborhood.  The Walk Score is a number from 1 to 100 rating of how “walkable”  the neighborhood is.

On the site they have a list of the top 40 most walkable metropolitan cities in America.  Our beloved Seattle ranked 6th.  Here is their top ten:

1.  San Francisco

2.  New York

3. Boston

4. Chicago

5. Philadelphia

6.  Seattle

7.  Washington DC

8.  Long Beach, CA

9.  Los Angeles

10.  Portland

Nice job Seattle.  Not a huge surprise for those of us that live, walk and ride here.

The site goes on to rank the top neighborhoods within Seattle.  I thought this info might be of greater use to those of you who have already decided to shop here in the Seattle area.

According to WalkScore.com here are the top walking neighborhoods in Seattle and their “walk score”:

1. Pioneer Square  99
2. Downtown  97
3. First Hill  96
4. Belltown  95
5. Roosevelt  95
6. International District  94
7. South Lake Union  94
8. University District  94
9. Lower Queen Anne  93
10. Wallingford  90
11. Central District  89
12. Capital Hill  87
13. Ballard  87
14. Freemont  85
15. Green Lake  84

Here are the “least walkable” neighborhoods according to WalkScore.com:

• Blue Ridge  32
• Windermere  33
• North Beach  34
• Arbor Heights  35
• Mathews Beach  40
• View Ridge  40
• Fauntleroy  42
• Rainier Beach  44
• South Park  48
• Broadview  48
• Riverview  49
• Seward Park  50
• Highland Park 52
• Hawthorne Hills  52
• Alki  52

Don’t shoot the messenger.  I know many of you love the neighborhoods on the not so walkable list.  feel free to browse the walkscore.com site though.  I think you’ll find it really helpful and a lot of fun.

As always,  if you are looking for an agent, give me a call.  I’ll be happy to help.

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Rob Graham, Acredited Buyer’s Representative

Windermere Real Estate

206-321-6349

robgraham@windermere.com

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