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Ditch your car and increase income
Atlanta come a long way in the last decade, the city ranked 14 of 30 U.S. cities to walk in a recent survey by the Brookings Institute. Committed to combating urban sprawl marked with sidewalks, public transportation, residential high density and mixed-use development, Atlanta is helping people get a little trimmer and its property values get a bit higher.
What Walking is for?
What makes a walkable community is simple: a lot of places to walk and easy routes to reach them. And although it is only a one way to measure livability of a neighborhood in particular is proving to be a reliable constant. Software developers have developed including "Walk Score" for anyone who wants to take a look at the prospective neighborhoods in distant cities. Simply connect the address of the house that interests you and the site will calculate a score stand for the neighborhood. Combining this information with the assistance of a real estate agent well and is in great shape.
Walkable neighborhoods are better for live in
Atlanta has long been at the forefront of research that urban design is connected to health. A 2005 Atlanta study SMARTRAQ published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that residents of more walkable neighborhoods in Atlanta was 2.4. times more likely to get 30 or more minutes of exercise a day than their suburban counterparts. Were going to the gym? No! They were heading to the store to pick up some milk, walking their children school and go to work.
Of course, if it is healthy is not a sufficient reason to move somewhere, there are a number of other benefits to living in a walkable community. When pedestrians often find a less congested traffic, higher property values, more places to visit, local businesses, communities stronger civic participation, reduced crime, safer streets and cleaner.
Although Atlanta still has a long way to go, there are some success stories and we have some great, walkable, livable and friendly community where people are proud to be seen on the street. Some of our favorites are:
DECATUR: Ditch the car and come live in Decatur. Let your children walk to their public school first-rate performance in the people you know, take a stroll to the town square and throw a coin into the fountain. It goes back to civil war era, tree-lined streets of this community is a place to be popular. 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta.
MIDTOWN: This is the cultural mecca of Atlanta and home to places like the Fabulous Fox Theatre, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Margaret Mitchell House and the Woodruff Arts Center. But what a great place to live is the strong sense of community and diversity that brings people together. With Piedmont Park's 200 acres in his heart, Midtown also has places to stop playing if you want to feed birds in the street skating. Bono: sidewalks do not roll up after dark.
Atlantic Station: Although technically it is also the center, Atlantic Station deserves its own mention of honor. Built on the former site of Atlantic Steel Mill, this mixed-use development has regained a part of the city that had been lost for years. It combines a large number shopping with condominiums and other places to live. Right next to the center.
Buckhead: This community has been revitalized recently recreated as a compact, walkable neighborhood and shapes urban trail and plenty of places to visit, places to work and things to do. Home to one of the neighborhoods of the city's most important trading Buckhead also rapidly becoming a cultural center for Atlanta with a real handle live entertainment. With good transport options for doing so, residents will easy to expand outside their living rooms in this community.
About the Author
Joshua Keen is an Atlanta Real Estate Agent with RealSource Brokers. To learn more about Decatur Atlanta Real Estate or homes in Midtown, Atlantic Station and Buckhead, visit www.realsourcebrokers.com.
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