Walk Score

The "Walk Score" of my address scores an 85, which is in the "Very Walkable" category.

It's true enough. There are around 50 bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs within a five-block radius of the house.

Click here and input your address and check out your score. It ain't perfect, of course. Even though my address scores an 85, the map doesn't list several of the restaurants that I KNOW are in the area.

It's a cool tool, but needs some work. My work address in downtown Houston scores a 94, in the "Walker's Paradise" category. Well, OK, as long as you're walking on a weekday, during the workday. On the weekend? Downtown ain't so great. During nighttime? Even worse, and more dangerous. There is still a large number of vagrants roaming the downtown streets at night.