Seattle still sixth-best city for walking

So says WalkScore.com, according to the PSBJ today. And Pioneer Square ranks as the top neighborhood, at 99 out of 100. (Coincidentally, that is also the number of hobos passed per minute, according to HoboScore.com.)

Seattle’s best neighborhood for walking is Pioneer Square, which scored 99 out of 100. The city’s next best areas include downtown (97), First Hill (96) and Belltown and Roosevelt (both 95). Seattle’s out-of-the-way Blue Ridge neighborhood, north of Ballard and Crown Hill, scored the worst with 32 points.

Nationally, San Francisco was followed by New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Jacksonville, Fla. was the nation’s worst city for walking, with a score of 36.

Comments

[elf in the basement]

Walkscore makes me nuts, when I remember it exists. Mini-marts count as grocery stores. All schools are counted as the same, co-op preschool or community college. Parks with only a ho and a bench count as much as Cal Anderson. In my old 'hood, a swank dinner-only restaurant counted as a coffee shop; in the new one, Lottie's counts as a coffee shop.
I don't think it matters much when it comes to real estate, but yikes: for a tourist? Kind of funny, unless it's my vacation.
And, sigh, the unwalkable "Blue Ridge" neighborhood is in fact "View Ridge."

[Rob Lightner]

Jill, why do you have to hate on Pioneer Square?

[Paul]

Yes, Walkscore is fairly ridiculous in that way. Part of why Pioneer Square is a 100 is because the MURDER MART is considered a walkable "grocery store." To which I say thanks for the cheap Rainier 18-packs, Murder Mart, but "HA!"

And you are apparently mistaken about View Ridge v. Blue Ridge: http://www.seattlepi.com/neighbors/blueridge/

"No, residents frequently have to explain, not View Ridge...." Wow, already loving that neighborhood.

[elf in the basement]

OK, so I read that PI thing, and now know where they're talking about. Blue Ridge isn't a neighborhood, unless Sean's cul-de-sac is also a neighborhood.

Our current "walkable grocery store" has a fine selection of fortified beverages, ice cream novelties, unroasted coffee beans, and a ho or three. It's right next to the "park."

[Paul]

Oh, c'mon, Sean's cul-de-sac doesn't have 450 homes. I think that can qualify as a small neighborhood.