Results tagged “walkability”

The online tool allows you to plug in your own address in order to receive a "walkability score" based on the closeness of amenities like grocery stores, bars and restaurants, parks, and so on. According to their rankings, D.C. is the seventh most walkable city in the country, behind the usual suspects like San Francisco and New York (which makes a lot more sense than this ranking). They rank Dupont Circle as the most walkable neighborhood in the city, with a 99 out of 100 score. Dupont is also the 17th most walkable in the nation - take that, Center City Philadelphia! Adams Morgan, Logan Circle, Downtown, and 6 other neighborhoods rank as "walkers' paradises" with scores of 90 or above.

Who doesn't love arbitrary rankings? Cooking Light, in celebration of recycling the same healthy recipes for the past 20 years, recently aggregated a bunch of statistics to create a list of the healthiest cities in America. The District finished a respectable third overall, falling just behind the granola-totin' cities of Seattle and Portland, OR. At least we're the champs east of the Mississippi!