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Walk Score

I ran across a new web app today that actually solves a practical problem using the data that is available out in the open. It’s called Walk Score and tells you how “walkable” a given neighborhood is.

AND, for a change, the goal of the site is not to get me to invite as many people as possible to come back to it so that I somehow get more benefit from the site itself. It’s a simple utility, it takes some input, gives me some great info in return and then politely gets out of the way.

This is the kind of site that if they had a “Donate” button, I wouldn’t mind throwing a few bucks at them.

Here’s the “Walk Score” for my new digs:

Walk Score

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By Tawheed
— July 24, 2007 at 7:04 pm
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