Cities/towns with best housing/transpo/economy combo?

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

It's the state capital and home to the University of Nebraska with a surprisingly very substantial population of nearly 275K.

Lincoln has a "surprisingly large population" because it has no suburbs. You can see this looking at the overhead map. Almost everything outside of city limits is farmland.

Regardless, the city doesn't seem particularly urban to me. Looks like mostly detatched single-family housing outside of downtown. The Walkscore for the city sucks too (40), with almost nothing outside of Downtown and the university area deemed walkable.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Lincoln has a "surprisingly large population" because it has no suburbs. You can see this looking at the overhead map. Almost everything outside of city limits is farmland.

Regardless, the city doesn't seem particularly urban to me. Looks like mostly detatched single-family housing outside of downtown. The Walkscore for the city sucks too (40), with almost nothing outside of Downtown and the university area deemed walkable.

Which is where someone not car dependent would look for a place to live. The areas near downtown and the university have Walk Scores in the 60s and 70s, which is quite decent.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I thought about Buffalo as well, but it will depend on the type of job and to a lesser degree, the area of the city.

Another area that comes to mind is Lansing MI, which has a pretty good bus system in CATA and the overall COL is around the national average, if not a little lower. Not sure about its economy, but it is a capital city and has Michigan State University in adjacent East Lansing.

I'm sure there are others, but it may depend on one of the factors.

Here is the public transportation for both areas.
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

CATA - Capital Area Transportation Authority is the public transportation provider in Lansing, MI