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Are there any places in the U.S. where you can have a big house (3000 sq feet) and yard (say 1/4 acre), and you DON'T need to get around by car, either because everything is within walking distance, or there is excellent public transit?
If so, would you need to be a millionaire to live in such a neighborhood?
Blocks from Downtown, which includes a Wegmans, bars/restaurants, a YMCA, a men's clothing store, historical sites, an art gallery, a public theater, a library and there is a bus system. Centro Syracuse Schedules
My goodness, you are describing half the small towns in America of 5000 - 15000 population. .You may have to go out to the highway for the best prices on groceries - maybe a mile or 2 away, but everything you need will be right in town - doctors, libraries, post office, and a store for perishable groceries.
I'm thinking Crossville TN here, though there are thousands of others. The house will be an older victorian or bungalow on a double lot. It will need some work but it won't cost much.
Or you are describing a house on a double lot in a city neighborhood with bus service.
Excellent bus service though???? You're not going to have a bus go by every 5 minutes. Get a bike and you'll be fine.
Actually, the Lake-of-the-Isles District of Minneapolis would work. The homes there are huge and on big lots too. But you're literally three blocks away from Uptown, Minneapolis' most vibrant, walkable neighborhood. And you're just about a mile and a half from downtown Minneapolis.
Actually, the Lake-of-the-Isles District of Minneapolis would work. The homes there are huge and on big lots too. But you're literally three blocks away from Uptown, Minneapolis' most vibrant, walkable neighborhood. And you're just about a mile and a half from downtown Minneapolis.
Yeah, I was going to mention the Minneapolis/KC/Detroit/Northern Cincy/West StL.
Think Westport, Brookside, South Plaza in KCMO, Hyde Park, Clifton in Cincy, Clayton, Webster Groves,St Louis Hills in StL, Midtown Detroit, lots of Cleveland and its immediate eastern suburbs.
What you're asking for is a combination of two contradictory things. On the one hand you wants lots of space and on the other you want closeness to retail and other amenitites. The former argues for lack of density, the latter for more density. So to get lots of space in a dense area means that you'll be paying lots of money -- or at least more money that most people will pay to live in the same city. The premium would be higher too in a big city, as it is in NYC. Forest HIlls Gardens in Queens or Ditmas Park in Brooklyn might fit the bill, but they're both Godawful expensive.
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