With a score of 51 out of 100, Detroit's CBD and Midtown are ranked 23rd on a list of America's Most Walkable Neighborhoods:

http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/mo...ble-cities.php

Here's the link to get your "walk score" for other neighborhoods.

http://www.walkscore.com/

My walk score is 43 in the U-M area neighborhood I'm leaving. More than 3/4 of Ann Arbor is more walkable than where I live, which is why the rents and mortgages are cheaper here. Still, we're only a 5 minute walk away from an AATA stop. I've actually loaned my car out several times while I was up here, and was able to grocery shop, get to work and class, and do everything else using public transportation and on foot. So I'd say that they're underestimating A2's walkability.

Not surprisingly, the North Cass Corridor, where I lived once and am considering again, has a walk score of 94 - a walker's paradise. Half the places that come up on the map did not exist 10 years ago. [[No wonder the rents have gone up so much!)