{"id":677,"date":"2018-09-11T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apartmentsbstg.wpengine.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:00:07","slug":"best-cities-to-live-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.irvinecompanyapartments.com\/best-cities-to-live-california\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Walkable Communities in California’s Largest Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Nobody Walks in L.A.” claimed the pop group Missing Persons in their 1980s hit. But even in car-obsessed Los Angeles, there are plenty of great neighborhoods in California where residents can walk comfortably from their homes or apartments to nearby shopping, grocery stores, restaurants, parks and entertainment. The same can even be said for certain enclaves in the sprawling suburban communities of <\/span>Orange County<\/span>, <\/span>Silicon Valley<\/span> and <\/span>San Diego County<\/span>. In fact, in some of California’s urban areas, one can actually live quite fully without the benefit of a private automobile. Just like Manhattanites!<\/span><\/p>\n

Every year, the website Walk Score lists the country’s most walkable cities. They analyze more than 300 billion walking routes to create scores for 1.5 billion locations. They base their scores on such factors as the number of restaurants, parks, schools, grocery stores and entertainment venues within a given radius, plus pedestrian friendliness, the availability of mass transportation, and bike routes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on this information, here are the five most walkable neighborhoods and communities in and around San Francisco, Silicon Valley<\/a>, Los Angeles<\/a>, Orange County<\/a> and San Diego<\/a>, scored from 1 to 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

San Francisco<\/b><\/h4>\n

There aren\u2019t many places in California quite like San Francisco in terms of walkability. Many residents of the City forego owning a car for a multitude of reasons including: the city has excellent public transportation options, the city is especially friendly to bike riders, and more. The areas below in SF rank especially well:<\/span><\/p>\n