Florida may have the best beach in the nation in Caladesi Island, and it has South Beach and Disney World and and all sorts of enticements for visitors, residents and tourists alike. Miami vacations are selling like hot cakes. Orlando hotels are packed to the rafters with family travelers. But the one things Florida apparently does not have is ‘walkable streets’.

At least, that’s what comes out taking a look at the WalkScore listing of the top 138 Walkers’ Paradises in the largest 40 U.S. cities, which has no place for Florida. The top 10 places on the list are mostly shared by neighbourhoods in New York and San Francisco, with Old Westport, Kansas City being the lone exception in 10th place. Photo by PhillipC via flickr (creative commons).

Tribeca, Little Italy, Soho and the Garment District in New York take the first four spots, followed by San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Murray Hill and Chinatown in New York take the 6th and 7th spots, while the Financial Districts of San Francisco and New York take up 8th and 9th place respectively.

Click here to see the full list and understand how Walk Score ranks each neighbourhood.

As far as the walkability of entire cities is concerned, San Francisco tops the list of most walkable cities, followed by New York City and Boston.

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
Filed under: USA