WELLNESS PICKS couldn't agree more to WALK SCORE that compact, walkable communities—the opposite of poorly planned sprawl—are the solution to some of our biggest shared challenges, from childhood obesity to social isolation, from crash deaths to disappearing farmland, from the high price of gas to the architectural blight of strip development. We are wont to add that walkable urban areas are even one of our most powerful weapons against climate change—they conserve fossil fuels like nobody's business. (It takes effort to burn gasoline when everything is so close to your front door.)
Here are the TOP 10 Most Walkable Cities and the most walkable neighborhoods in that particular area.
Chinatown, San Francisco
1. San Francisco: Chinatown, Financial District, Downtown
2. New York City: Tribeca, Little Italy, Soho
3. Boston: Back Bay-Beacon Hill, South End, Fenway-Ken
4. Chicago: Loop, Near North Side, Lincoln Park
5. Philadelphia: City Center East, City Center West, Riverfront
6. Seattle: Pioneer Square, Downtown, First Hill
7. Washinton D.C.: Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, Downtown
8. Long Beach: Downtown, Belmont Shore, Belmont Heights
9. Los Angeles: Mid City West, Downtown, Hollywood
10. Portland, Oregon: Pearl District, Old Town-Chinatown, Downtown
This is a pretty believable list but our #1 would be Boston and we are not keen about New York City. We say that Our TOP 10 would have to include Denver, Miami and Pittsburgh.
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