Walkable environments are being sought after by many people, but many people do not have access to such environments. Most walkable environments are more expensive to live in than “car-oriented” environments. This is the case in Omaha, where walkable spaces such as Midtown Crossing or Aksarben are much more expensive than the less-walkable areas of Omaha. Dr Bereitschaft compared Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Portland, to see what cities are Socially Vulnerable and highly walkable. He found that there was a correlation between high social vulnerability and low walkability in neighborhoods. Social vulnerability was determined by a population’s age, amount of people in the service industry, education of its residents, households below the poverty
