Walkable US Cities

Top 10 'walkable' cities have a leg up with gas at $4 a gallon - Hmm, none I know of in Southern California home of the suburbs and long commutes. But the article lists LA (ya, right) and Long Beach. I wished they had gotten a bit more specific. Long Beach has some new developments in their downtown, and some areas in LA have gotten redeveloped. The challenge in downtown LA is there is a lot of homeless, so it's OK during the day, but forget it at night.