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222 comments on DrumBeat: March 5, 2008

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karlof1 on March 5, 2008 - 4:12pm

I find it rather amazing that Los Angeles ranked 12 in this survey. I would have expected it to rival San Jose and Las Vegas, 35 and 34, respectively. Perhaps looking at the whole LA metro area would be more practical. The top ten able to withstand $4 gas/$100 oil:
1. San Francisco
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. Washington, DC
5. Seattle
6. Portland, OR
7. Boston
8. Philadelphia
9. Oakland
10. Denver

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SunnyvaleCA on March 5, 2008 - 6:09pm

$4 gasoline is nearly here in silicon valley. Relative to the cost of housing, $4 is nothing. Anyway, if energy costs (of all sorts) were to double or triple, I'd rather live somewhere that doesn't require heating or cooling of houses and where bike riding and walking are reasonable all year. With 75% of the vehicles removed from the roads (due to fuel costs) and the multi-lane roads partially blocked off for bicycle use only, bicycling would be a great way to get around much of silicon valley. I'd rather be in San Jose (or Sunnyvale) than any of the cities listed above for those reasons. I turned off my heater last month and probably won't turn it on again until November; I don't have air conditioning.

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BrianT on March 5, 2008 - 6:16pm

#9-Oaktown wouldn't be my first choice in the event of a major crisis-#18 Honolulu seems as amenable to a car-free, low energy lifestyle as anywhere I've seen.

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ken1 on March 6, 2008 - 10:00pm

Brian- you're referring to the large pockets of violent crime and poverty right? Otherwise, Oakland is mostly flat for bicycling and has both bart and rapid bus transit.

The study didn't consider crime. ;)

Cheers.