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Travelers Rest,Greer,or Taylors. Do any of these have walkable shopping and grocery near homes. I'm looking for a small town feel. A community with everything close, maybe everybody knows each other.
This is really my only major gripe of the Upstate. A complete lack of sidewalks and poor infrastructure, other than downtown. Mauldin, as well, has a lot of sidewalks, but other than that you're outta luck. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people walking, or jogging, literally on a strip of grass, 2-3 feet from the road, because, not only are there no sidewalks, there are no shoulders. Taxes are low, so it's a trade off, I guess.
Taylors is very spread out - not walkable at all. Downtown Greer and Travelers Rest are a little more in line with what you're looking for.
IMO, N. Main Street of Greenville is the best fit... grocery/housing/shopping/cultural venues all within easy walking distance, plus the downtown shuttle system. I would imagine you would stilll have that "small town" feel within whatever neighborhood you select.
North Main is the place to be if you want to walk! We can get so many places (grocery, library, downtown shopping, parks) and on the weekends there's the trolley to help us out too. Real estate is more expensive but worth it in our opinion.
Well, not entirely true. The areas surrounding Batesville Road/The Parkway (Greer) are pretty walkable, but nothing like downtown. My parents live off of Batesville Road, and they could easily walk to the whole Publix shopping center via sidewalks. The intersection surrounding Brushy Creek/Old Spartanburg is also relatively walkable.
How does the residential area around the Publix market on McBee compare with N. Main for walkability? Is the issue the steeper hills, less shopping, what? It seems to be about the same distance to downtown as areas North of Stone.
Well, not entirely true. The areas surrounding Batesville Road/The Parkway (Greer) are pretty walkable, but nothing like downtown. My parents live off of Batesville Road, and they could easily walk to the whole Publix shopping center via sidewalks. The intersection surrounding Brushy Creek/Old Spartanburg is also relatively walkable.
Not to be a contrarian, but the exact opposite is true; I even wrote about it here almost a year ago. My wife and I were driving up The Parkway, towards Batesville Rd. it was pouring raining out, kinda like today and we saw two guys, who both had numerous grocery bags, having just walked out of Publix and they were walking on the grass, right next to the road since there is absolutely no sidewalks on The Parkway. Not only were they getting soaking wet, but their feet were sinking into the water logged grass. This is a shame and an embarrassment. Pelham Rd, to it's credit, does have a decent sidewalk coverage, but the Parkway has zero.
Not to be a contrarian, but the exact opposite is true; I even wrote about it here almost a year ago. My wife and I were driving up The Parkway, towards Batesville Rd. it was pouring raining out, kinda like today and we saw two guys, who both had numerous grocery bags, having just walked out of Publix and they were walking on the grass, right next to the road since there is absolutely no sidewalks on The Parkway. Not only were they getting soaking wet, but their feet were sinking into the water logged grass. This is a shame and an embarrassment. Pelham Rd, to it's credit, does have a decent sidewalk coverage, but the Parkway has zero.
I was talking about the subdivisions along Batesville Road, near The Parkway. There are barely any subdivisions on The Parkway itself, hence the relative lack of need for sidewalks.
I was talking about the subdivisions along Batesville Road, near The Parkway. There are barely any subdivisions on The Parkway itself, hence the relative lack of need for sidewalks.
What are you talking about? The exact opposite is true. How are sidewalks in a private development, where one can in essence walk on the street, be more important than sidewalks on busy streets with businesses? There are a lot of apartment complexes off of The Parkway; as I stated previously, I saw with my own two eyes, two guys carrying groceries from Publix walking on grass, literally a few feet from speeding vehicles trying to walk back to their residences. The Parkway need sidewalks way more then some sleepy sub-division.
The sheer lack of sidewalks in the Upstate was a big time shock for me, coming from California, where the infrastructure is top notch. That being said, everything else there was awful and we have really low taxes here, so it's a trade off, I suppose. I just really wish that sidewalks on busy thoroughfares was more of a priority, heck Woodruff Rd. barely has any sidewalks, for crying out loud.
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