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I mean Pittsburgh has outstanding suburbs, too, along with a cosmopolitan, chic, and urbane city proper. If choosing a metropolitan area why not pick an area that has both a robust city and robust suburbs rather than just robust suburbs surrounding a city that needs major infill?
Indy has nice urban areas. WTF are you talking about?
Could you elaborate? Can you describe them? Thanks!
Yeah. When I've been to Indy, urbanity seems almost entirely confined to the neighborhoods surrounding downtown, bounded by 65 and 70. Even segments of that aren't great, with the areas around IUPUI and nearly everything south of the railroad tracks (Fletcher Place excluded) having pretty subpar urban form.
Outside of the inner loop neighborhoods, there isn't much. Fountain Square is about as good as it gets combining a walkable commercial district with dense, historic housing stock. Old Northside has some beautiful old houses, but lacks a business district. Broad Ripple has a walkable business district with a lot of quirkiness and vitality, but it's basically an island of single-story storefronts surrounded by a suburban neighborhood.
Old Northside has some beautiful old houses, but lacks a business district. Broad Ripple has a walkable business district with a lot of quirkiness and vitality, but it's basically an island of single-story storefronts surrounded by a suburban neighborhood.
16th Street, while not a powerhouse in terms of business districts, is a commercial area bordering Old Northside and Herron Morton. Fall Creek Place has a couple of nodes nearby as well.
16th Street, while not a powerhouse in terms of business districts, is a commercial area bordering Old Northside and Herron Morton. Fall Creek Place has a couple of nodes nearby as well.
Broad Ripple is suburban because it's literally a collection of some single story buildings surrounded by SFH on with significant land. If someone is looking for an urban experience (it sounds like OP is) then Pittsburgh is much better. That's a fact.
Broad Ripple is suburban because it's literally a collection of some single story buildings surrounded by SFH on with significant land. If someone is looking for an urban experience (it sounds like OP is) then Pittsburgh is much better. That's a fact.
I agree. You can even see boarded up windows and a homeless person walking in the street. There is no way this is comparable to Pittsburgh. Broad Ripple is nothing special. I've been there to know.
Broad Ripple is suburban because it's literally a collection of some single story buildings surrounded by SFH on with significant land. If someone is looking for an urban experience (it sounds like OP is) then Pittsburgh is much better. That's a fact.
I never claimed 16th Street was a Mecca of business, and at least one of your links isn't even in the Old North side. Like most things in life, 16th Street is better experienced in real life. I'm assuming you have real experience since you said initially it doesn't even exist. Oh wait......
Please direct me to the "literally a collection of some single story buildings" in this image ( https://goo.gl/maps/W6MKjdTnNGt)
What specific experience is BR lacking? Looking at an abundance of tall buildings?
I agree. You can even see boarded up windows and a homeless person walking in the street. There is no way this is comparable to Pittsburgh. Broad Ripple is nothing special. I've been there to know.
Perhaps you'd prefer homeless people are rounded up into camps?
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