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Scared-Cartoonist-76 t1_ja4spsw wrote

That study is absolute garbage. San Fran and DC more walkable than NYC? Los Angeles, Madison WI, Fort Collins, CO more walkable than Jersey City. Is this a joke? 🙄

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Ilanaspax t1_ja4z0lw wrote

Shocking since radio station websites are normally recognized for their journalistic integrity.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_ja4x6yd wrote

They tried to factor in climate for no reason, the climate is really not that big a deal. It wasn't a big deal 10 years ago either, but true winter isn't a thing anymore.

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lee1026 t1_ja64pk5 wrote

Reading the underlying study, one of the most important factors is "Monthly Average Inches of Precipitation" and "Yearly Average Percentage of Sunshine"

Through they also apparently think that Fullerton CA have the best walkscore in the country, so garbage in, garbage out. Actually, I figured out how that works too. Walk score, the organization, have an average for each city. Many smaller cities are too small to get a score from walk score, so this group just took a central point in the city and used that as a walk score. So yeah, they are gonna do well in the study and like shit in real life.

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