Walkability

One of my favorite things about many European cities and European culture really is the emphasis on walking. As I can remember from my time abroad especially when I lived on Borgo Pio in Vatican City is that you walk often. We walked to school, we walked to go shopping, we walked to the grocery store, we walked to monuments and museums, we walked...well you get the picture. I love this style of living, it keeps you healthy and it is just a wonderful and tactile way to experience your neighborhood. Well this is something I am really looking forward to when we move to Denver. 

I have come across this really nifty site called Walk Score (http://www.walkscore.com/CO/Denver) and it basically breaks cities down in terms of how easy they are to walk around. Denver is rated the 16th most walkable city (and weirdly enough Cleveland is the 17th) and to put this into perspective New York is number one. Capitol Hill, one of the areas of Denver we are looking at has a Walk Score of 90 and this really gets my juices going! I have wonderful visions of bopping around my neighbor shopping and eating and chatting away staying fit and trim and NOT wasting money on gas. Now doesn't that sound delightful?!