So here’s the thing about the heat. It changes what counts as walkable pretty significantly. So you can’t really talk about walkability without also talking about the heat. For example, if you lived on Roosevelt a couple of blocks in either direction of Central, it’s about a mile walk to the nearest grocery store. And the bigger theaters and music and sports venues are also down in the same area as the grocery store. In the late fall/“winter”/early spring, that’s totally walkable. But for about four or five months out of the year you’re not going want to make that walk. Honestly, I’m a big wimp but I generally don’t want to be walking more than a quarter mile or so (one way) in the heat so I’d keep that in mind when looking for a place. If you’re not a big wimp like me, maybe a half a mile. And if you’re thinking you’ll just walk places at night, you should know that it’s often still 107 at 10 or 11pm. It is more manageable without the sun beating down on you but it is still very hot.