'Walkers' Paradises' among City of Atlanta Neighborhoods John Reinhardt Solid Source Realty

John Reinhardt

REALTOR

770.473.1130 Ext 6806

Atlanta is often recognized for its traffic jams, so it may come as a surprise that there are many parts of the city in which living car-free is possible. Atlanta ranks 22nd out of the 40 largest U.S. cities for walkability, according to Walk Score, and two of its neighborhoods qualify for the title of "walkers' paradise."

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Walk Score (www.walkscore.com) helps people and businesses identify walkable places to live and locate. By calculating the proximity of an address to nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks and other amenities, Walk Score goes block-by-block through cities to measure how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle there. The ratings that arise from this analysis range from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best. Neighborhoods that achieve a score of 90 or higher are considered to be a walkers' paradise.

Atlanta's top five most walkable neighborhoods are Five Points, Poncey-Highland, Sweet Auburn, Midtown and Inman Park. Twenty-seven percent of Atlanta residents have a score of 70 or above, 49 percent have a score of at least 50, and 51 percent live in car-dependent neighborhoods, according to the Walk Score analysis. To see a walkability map of the entire city of Atlanta and learn how your neighborhood stacks up, visit http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/Atlanta.

John Reinhardt

REALTOR

770.473.1130 Ext 6806

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