If you want to get somewhere on foot, you'll have the easiest time in New York, San Francisco, Boston, or Chicago.

But in Oklahoma City, Charlotte, and Jacksonville, you'll need a car to get around.

That's according to the updated rankings of America's 50 Most Walkable Cities and Neighborhoods by Walkscore, which ranks addresses by how easy it is to get around on foot to shops, libraries, schools, transit, and the like.    Walkscore doles out a sliding scale of points -- with amenities a quarter mile a way getting the most points, those a mile a way getting the fewest.

Pedestrians near City Hall in Manhattan (photo by Kate Hinds)

New York is officially the most walkable city in America only by four tenths of one percent, 85.3 to 84.9.  Last year's rankings had San Francisco edging out New York.  And indeed, as KALW has reported, high Walkscores can increase property values.

If you want to check the Walkscore of your home, or where you grew up, you can do so here.

Full list of city rankings  here.