It's almost as if every city not named New York is competing for second place when Walk Score releases its annual ranking of most walkable cities. Of course, the top ten is quite an accomplishment: so welcome to the club, Long Beach, California.
Walk Score released an updated version of its annual ranking of the most walkable cities in the United States. In addition to the intractable stronghold New York City has on the top spot, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Oakland all held down their spots from the previous year's list. The first change comes at #10, where Long Beach replaces Baltimore.
In a post sharing the new rankings, Amy Musser notes that Long Beach's appearance on the list marks Southern California's return to the list after two years falling short of the top ten. The post provides some detail on how Long Beach improved so much in so little time—its total gain of 3.2 points was the largest improvement of any of the top ten cities. Of the top 50 most walkable cities, Omaha had the largest improvement, gaining 4.3 points since last year.
Shannon Rooney picked up the news for The Philadelphia Inquirer, reporting Philadelphia's strong showing at #4.
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