Didn't quite make the cut
On this list of the top 25 U.S. cities for walking, Portland received a mere honorable mention. But the authors of the list seem enamored with places like Jersey City, Newark, and Elizabeth, N.J., and East L.A. Having spent time in all of those locales, we can't help but add that they give walkers the additional health benefit of running for their lives from time to time.
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Comments (8)
East LA???! Seriously?!
Posted by Portland Native | November 12, 2012 11:12 AM
In East L.A. gunfire can help you set a pace.
Posted by Abe | November 12, 2012 11:28 AM
Walking? Portland is about cycling, remember?
Posted by PD | November 12, 2012 11:48 AM
Not to mention Paterson at #7.
The (former) best place to walk in Elizabeth was from your car to the Circle Diner...
Cheers, It's Mike
(Winterhawks win streak = 12)
Posted by It's Mike | November 12, 2012 12:33 PM
LA walking is not only sometimes about crime but just making it to the other side of the mega wide avenues before the light turns green. Not really walking, but more like sprinting to get across them wide, wide boulevards.
I am pretty sure the City of Portland, after much a-do by Adams tenure, hasn't really improved walking in the past 30 years or more. I remember Portland being just as walkable back in the 60s and 70s as it is today, which is pretty good.
Posted by Bob Clark | November 12, 2012 1:01 PM
How walkable is it anymore since it seems this past year more people on walks throughout our city are being hit upon and robbed? What are the stats?
Posted by clinamen | November 12, 2012 2:48 PM
Funny no one mentions the dozens of streets in East County and SW Portland that have no sidewalks at all, much less curbs.
Posted by Dave A. | November 12, 2012 4:49 PM
If it were a list of the Top 25 cities to subsidize developers weasels, we'd be in the top three.
Add in the adjective "Sustainable" and we're at least number one in three different categories.
Posted by Mister Tee | November 12, 2012 6:40 PM