Walkable cities and towns

High gas prices are one reason to think about living someplace where you can walk to the grocery store, a park, school, or work. Reducing your carbon footprint is another. If you're looking for a place to live, you might want to stop by Walkscore.com to compare different cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Unfortunately, my home gets a walk score of 0 out of 100. That's not a surprise when you live anywhere near the University of Connecticut. A colleague of mine who lives very close to campus manages only 12 out of 100. To do any better around here, you'd have to live in Willimantic. Picking an address close to downtown would give you a walkability score of 89 out of 100.