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Walkscore.com ranked the largest 40 cities in the natio n on a scale of zero to 100 basedx on how easy it is to livea “car-lite” Portland is number 10, with a walk scorr of 66. Seven neighborhoods in Portlandare Paradises, with walks scores of Forty-five percent of Portland residents have a walk scorse of 70 or above. Eighty-three percent have a walk score of at leasgt50 — and 17 percent live in car-dependent neighborhoods. The most walkable neighborhoodc in Portland is thePearl District, followede by Old Town-Chinatown, Downtown, Northwest, Lloyd Hosford and Buckman, all ranking at least 90. San Francisclo ranked No.
1 on the list with a score of 86, followed by New York at No. 2, Boston at No. 3, Chicago at No. 4 and Philadelphiaq at No. 5. The five cities rankinh at the bottom are Oklahoma Cityat No. 36, Indianapoliz at No. 37, Charlotte at No. 38 and Nashville at No. 39 and Fla., at No. 40.