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Here is an interesting website I came across while catching up on UrbanOhio.com - www.WalkScore.com. I tried it for where we live in Downtown Dayton and we scored a 94 out of 100. And yes, that is one of the reasons we enjoy living here - we can walk to places and leave the car in the garage!
What is YOUR score?
Right on, Bill, but the results are a bit off. I wouldn't consider Petra Market a grocery store although they do have some food items. Grocery store is more like Trader Joe's, etc. While most suburbanites don't have a grocery store next door, in a compact urban neighborhood one is necessary. The big problem with downtown retail is the hours - restaurants cater to the lunch crowd and the drugstore closes relatively early. For those of us who work outside of downtown it's hard to patronize these places when we get home unless we remember to run there as soon as we get home.
Posted by: Wayne Witherell | July 25, 2007 at 12:56 PM
80
Now if I had a Lowes or Home Depot at the corner of Stewart and Brown, that would be my missing 20 pts.
Posted by: Kevin Moran | July 25, 2007 at 01:22 PM
Wayne - I totally agree, we do need retail/grocery that is open longer hours in downtown to make us "really" walkable. If we can get more people living downtown, perhaps we could get an urban grocery store. But I don't know any suburbanites who can walk to their local grocery store either, so on that front it is a wash. It is really the fact that we can walk to so many restaurants, bars, theaters, parks, etc. that make us a walkable neighborhood. Even if you live in the middle of the Greene you still wouldn't have as many walkable choices.
And Kevin, I imagine if you got your missing 20 pts that way it would be much easier to rehab those houses. Since Brown Street is going corporate anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen... HA!
Posted by: Bill Pote | July 25, 2007 at 01:43 PM
Requarth Lumber comes close, but their hours are not convenient and they really only have lumber and fasteners.
Posted by: Kevin Moran | July 25, 2007 at 02:30 PM
DDN had an article in this morning's (Thursday's) paper that Beavercreek, which did make 84th on the Money Magazine "Most Livable Cities" list, was actually being considered for the Top 10 list. One of the problems? No central community gathering space, i.e., a downtown (Sorry, the Greene doesn't count!). When our circumstances permit (we have a 92 year old Mom living with us), the forces are strong for us moving to downtown Dayton or another urban locale.
Posted by: metromark | July 26, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Mark - we'll be happy to have you downtown when you're ready!
Posted by: Bill Pote | July 28, 2007 at 09:45 AM