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San Diego is the 18th most walkable large city in the US with 1,307,402 residents.

San Diego has some public transportation and does not have many bike lanes.

The most walkable San Diego neighborhoods are Horton Plaza, Core-Columbia and Gaslamp Quarter.

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Some errands can be accomplished on foot in San Diego.

San Diego is the 18th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 56.

San Diego Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Horton Plaza	97	75	84	1,294
2	Core-Columbia	96	75	76	6,622
3	Gaslamp Quarter	95	75	80	1,100
4	Little Italy	92	72	82	2,986
5	Cortez Hill	92	70	78	3,452
6	Marina	92	74	82	5,798
7	Harborview	91	70	85	565
8	East Village	88	74	66	10,101
9	Hillcrest	84	55	63	13,954
10	Park West	83	58	71	8,075
11	Ocean Beach	79	31	79	12,037
12	University Heights	79	53	70	11,544
13	Normal Heights	79	51	63	10,480
14	Teralta East	78	54	61	6,473
15	Teralta West	78	55	64	4,864
16	North Park	77	49	63	37,977
17	Corridor	77	54	67	8,036
18	Roseville / Fleet Ridge	77	31	54	5,581
19	Old Town	77	62	47	864
20	Torrey Pines	76	48	78	8,864
21	Rolando	76	48	58	6,469
22	College East	74	51	62	9,780
23	Adams North	74	46	51	5,202
24	Colina del Sol	73	53	59	11,017
25	Sherman Heights	73	65	66	3,305
26	Pacific Beach	72	37	72	30,027
27	Kensington	72	50	50	6,248
28	Loma Portal	71	36	50	4,666
29	Cherokee Point	71	50	56	5,045
30	Fairmount Village	71	48	55	6,528
31	Midtown	70	51	44	4,175
32	Balboa Park	70	51	54	1,238
33	Mission Hills	70	50	52	5,685
34	Midway District	70	44	59	10,601
35	El Cerrito	69	53	47	5,203
36	Kearny Mesa	69	39	65	2,645
37	Fox Canyon	68	51	49	2,588
38	La Jolla Village	68	41	59	5,823
39	Grantville	65	37	43	8,214
40	Grant Hill	65	54	71	4,722
41	Clairemont Mesa East	65	36	54	25,725
42	North Clairemont	65	37	47	14,403
43	Mission Valley East	64	37	59	11,338
44	University City	64	40	58	48,849
45	Golden Hill	64	49	56	9,163
46	Castle	63	46	53	9,896
47	Talmadge	63	50	56	9,214
48	Logan Heights	62	56	63	14,642
49	Point Loma Heights	62	33	61	18,360
50	Egger Highlands	61	34	62	9,001
51	Chollas View	61	53	49	4,940
52	Mission Bay Park	61	35	79	9,064
53	Chollas Creek	61	48	39	5,179
54	Burlingame	61	34	53	726
55	College West	61	52	47	9,718
56	Southcrest	61	46	48	6,549
57	South Park	60	35	46	5,659
58	Carmel Mountain	60	29	40	11,448
59	Bay Ho	58	28	36	12,134
60	Redwood Village	58	47	35	8,213
61	Bay Park	58	30	40	16,384
62	Shelltown	58	44	49	4,322
63	Barrio Logan	57	53	53	9,815
64	Morena	57	43	44	6,824
65	Mountain View	57	47	49	15,141
66	Lincoln Park	56	52	50	8,759
67	La Jolla	56	25	47	30,117
68	Mission Valley West	54	52	53	2,742
69	Linda Vista	54	44	50	23,389
70	La Playa	54	25	35	2,462
71	Del Mar Heights	54	17	35	6,260
72	Clairemont Mesa West	54	34	40	9,934
73	Bird Land	54	40	40	5,441
74	Oak Park	54	36	34	14,421
75	Mission Beach	54	30	84	4,562
76	Stockton	53	50	55	3,708
77	Lake Murray	52	28	46	16,471
78	Mira Mesa	52	25	52	68,798
79	Palm City	52	52	48	5,163
80	Otay Mesa West	51	47	49	30,656
81	Allied Gardens	49	27	39	10,474
82	Carmel Valley	48	0	46	44,542
83	Sunset Cliffs	48	24	42	2,975
84	Serra Mesa	47	30	42	20,655
85	Ridgeview/Webster	47	39	34	5,457
86	Emerald Hills	47	46	29	4,125
87	Del Cerro	47	35	24	7,138
88	Tierrasanta	46	18	37	27,867
89	Mt. Hope	45	43	45	5,540
90	Miramar	45	19	50	5,330
91	San Carlos	45	18	33	12,780
92	Paradise Hills	45	32	32	16,749
93	San Ysidro	44	50	44	27,799
94	Jomacha/Lomita	43	39	27	10,231
95	Nestor	43	45	45	15,804
96	Wooded Area	43	19	38	3,978
97	Valencia Park	41	50	44	10,971
98	Swan Canyon	40	36	36	4,503
99	Rancho Bernardo	40	20	31	37,328
100	Skyline	40	40	27	8,369
101	Fairmount Park	39	31	29	2,972
102	Rancho Penasquitos	38	14	34	50,048
103	Encanto	38	41	27	16,254
104	Azalea/Hollywood Park	37	34	39	3,686
105	Bay Terraces	36	34	26	31,012
106	Alta Vista	36	35	24	2,521
107	Scripps Ranch	35	9	32	17,931
108	Ocean Crest	33	23	25	12,516
109	Torrey Highlands	33	-	40	3,746
110	Sabre Springs	32	20	27	11,034
111	Miramar Ranch North	32	5	29	13,519
112	Sorrento Valley	26	12	18	3,041
113	Otay Mesa	21	26	22	2,089
114	Tijuana River Valley	19	33	30	698
115	North City	17	5	23	4,363
116	Black Mountain Ranch	14	1	27	6,754
117	North Island Naval Air Station	7	2	34	4,339
118	Rancho Encantado	6	0	16	2,583

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 4,060 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in San Diego. People in San Diego can walk to an average of 0.3 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Public Transit Routes

San Diego has some public transportation and about 77 bus, 1 rail and 3 light rail lines.

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San Diego has about 113 car shares from RelayRides, Zipcar, Hertz On Demand and Getaround.

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Schools in San Diego include Kensington Community Church Preschool, Molli and Arthur Wagner Dance Building and Peterson Hall - Thurgood Marshall College - UCSD.

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The San Diego Convention Center is located on sparkling San Diego Bay in the heart of a vibrant downtown. Abundant, flexible space and five-star service make the San Diego Convention Center the meeting planner's choice for hosting major conventions, trade shows, meetings and special events.