With gas prices up, it is important to consider the walk-ability of a neighborhood when purchasing a home.
What kind of difference will it make if you can walk to work? To the grocery store? To shops and restaurants? How important is all of this to you?
Living urban and moving toward the city center is a way to accomplish all of these things but you don't necessarily have to live Downtown to do it. There are plenty of other walkable neighborhoods in Seattle.
How do you find out how walkable your neighborhood is without walking around each place you are considering? You can go to www.walkscore.com and they will figure it out for you!
You just plug in the address and they will let you know your score, high score being 100. It also provides a map and lists what places are around and how far they are. It includes factors like restaurants, bars, schools, parks, and much more.
It is a great website so check it out! It was brought to our attention by the Seattle PI and the Trace Lofts, a new condo building in Capitol Hill, which happens to score a perfect 100!
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