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I agree. When I was looking at apartments and was using walkability, I didn't think it had the sophistication I was looking for, such as using yelp to rank to
by bps4484 15y ago
I agree. When I was looking at apartments and was using walkability, I didn't think it had the sophistication I was looking for, such as using yelp to rank to get a weight of a walkable location, your sugggestion.
Also, it seemed to limit the stores and location used to only a few blocks. I was 6 blocks away (a walkable distance) and an area that had EVERYTHING I could need. That should value for something, and it didn't (seem to).
Furthermore, I think people have different values for what they care about being walkable. At a previous apartment, there was a cafe with a full menu that was literally 30 feet away from my apartment. It wasn't fantastic food, but the fact that it was so convenient was huge for me. I would like to have the ability to dial up and dial down what I value in the walkability score. For instance, I don't care about clothing stores being walkable, because I barely ever do that. I would bet a lot of women would. Maybe that is making a UI that is too complex, and it's easier to just roll up in to 1 score and make it simple? I'm not sure, but that's something I personally would like to see.