Best Urban Neighborhood in the U.S.? (beach, park)

[Katarina Witt]

On the list: Uptown, Minneapolis. People can still actually afford to live there.

Off list: Washington Park, Denver. Ditto (though it's getting harder).

[toughguy]

Back Bay in Boston with all the historic brownstones and narrow streets. It looks very "old world" and sophisticated.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by toughguy

Back Bay in Boston with all the historic brownstones and narrow streets. It looks very "old world" and sophisticated.

I thought Back Bay was the more "modern" neighborhood and Beacon Hill was the more historic neighborhood (at least that's what I saw the last time I was in town).

[lammius]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

I thought Back Bay was the more "modern" neighborhood and Beacon Hill was the more historic neighborhood (at least that's what I saw the last time I was in town).

The area west of Copley Square (where the Pru and John Hancock towers are) is modern but most of the Back Bay neighborhood is anything but. Old mansions and the busy shopping district on Newbury Street.

A photo blog: Boston Neighborhoods: The Back Bay (broken link)

I love Back Bay but my favorite neighborhoods in Boston are the North End, South End and Beacon Hill. The streets are narrower, the homes older, and they're much more "intimate" neighborhoods, IMO.

[MachineKnownAsLosAngeles]

SF's North Beach

Fairfax area in L.A

[gellio_sf]

Originally Posted by Katiana

On the list: Uptown, Minneapolis. People can still actually afford to live there.

Lived there. Aside from a few blocks of businesses, it's hardly urban - in fact, it's almost surburban.

[LASam]

Victorian Village/Short North, Columbus Ohio... yeah... I said it!

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by gellio_sf

Lived there. Aside from a few blocks of businesses, it's hardly urban - in fact, it's almost surburban.

It's on the list, and it's in the city.

[gellio_sf]

Originally Posted by Katiana

It's on the list, and it's in the city.

So it is. It is a very pretty area. I've always loved Calhoun and Isle's. Fun to walk/blade around. Minneapolis, in general, is a very pretty city. Just not urban. That's not a slam, but this poll is odd in that it has only a few neighborhoods, when you could fill up a poll with NYC neighborhoods alone.

[sbfk]

North Beach of course


cause its its in cali

and i love how chinatown and little italy sort of clash here