San Francisco, New York and Boston are the United States` most walkable cities, according to new rankings from a website that evaluates how easy it is to live in the nation`s cities and neighborhoods without a car. Walkscore.com, which uses an algorithm to identify those neighborhoods boasting the most amenities per person, published its ranking on Thursday and deemed San Francisco the most walkable city, with a "Walk Score" of 86 out of 100. The ultimate goal is to see the site`s scores included in property listings, said Mike Mathieu, founder of the company that created the site`s software. "What we see is someone calling up a broker and saying `I want three bedrooms, two baths, a walkability score of 85, what`ve you got?"` Mathieu said. Type an address, and the site generates a map showing the nearby grocery stores, cafes, movie theaters, schools and parks. New York received a score of 83, Boston a score of 79. Scores greater than 70 indicate neighborhoods where it`s possible to get by without owning a car, while scores greater than 90 qualify communities as a "Walker`s Paradise." {Reporting by Helen Chernikoff}
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