Put on your walking shoes….

July 31st, 2008 | categories: Coconut Grove Real Estate

I like to walk. In fact, I often walk into the Grove on the weekends. I found this website www.WalkScore.com which gives a rating of the “walkability” of communities across the country. It will also give the “WalkScore” of a particular address or a particular home. It measures the distance from an address to the closest amenity in several categories (grocery store, bookstore, movie theater etc). Walking

I put in the address for my listing at 3055 Virginia Street to see how “walkable” it was. It got a “Very Walkable” rating of 82. You are even able to see the list of amenities that are within a 1 mile radius of their house. Such things include: The Coconut Grove Bookstore, AMC Movie Theatres, Restaurants, Schools, Parks, etc.

I could see how this would be a great tool for people relocating to Coconut Grove.

Written by Riley Smith

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  1. Linda Pollack said at August 1st, 2008 at 5:25 am

    Thanks for the great site, Riley. I was surprised by the rankings for the addresses I entered–what I thought was the most walkable address wasn’t.

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