Depending on a buyer’s needs and wants, a high number on the “walkability” score chart could be a good or bad thing.  A new website called Walk Score allows you to plug in your address and will then tell you what your “Walk Score” is. 

The higher the score, the closer you are to grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants, shopping, etc.  The site not only lists all the businesses it is basing the score on, but provides a map showing your home (or prospective home) and the location and distance of all the businesses.   

If you are a buyer who would rather live “away from it all”, then a low walk score might be more to your liking.  A low score would mean that the businesses others may find convenient are not within close walking distance of your home. 

Before deciding to purchase you should find out the walk score of your neighborhood and decide if you would rather have convience or relative seclusion. 

Click here to get your Walk Score!

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