A mild summer and high gas prices ... so why not take a stroll? San Francisco and Oakland have both cracked the top 10 list of cities deemed "walker's paradise," according to Walk Scor, a rating service.
The top city? Well, it's New York. San Francisco topped the last list in 2008.
Some of the benefits of having walkable neighborhoods include:
* Homes in walkable neighborhoods, on average, are worth more
* Homes with easy access to public transit and nearby amenities save more energy and money than an Energy Star home in a conventional suburban development
* The average resident of a walkable nieghborhood weighs eight pounds less than someone in a sprawling neighborhood
Users can find the Walk Score for their own address here.
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The entire list is New York, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington DC, Miami, Minneapolis and Oakland.
