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04-08-2009, 12:17 AM
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WALKABLE pedestrian-friendly areas of NJ?
Having lived in NYC (very walkable and pedestrian-friendly)...and seen photos of places like ITHACA, NY...also seems very walkable and pedestrian friendly.
It seems the theme is cities that were PRE-AUTOMOBILE. Mainly, walkable and pedestrian friendly. You're able to easily walk out of your house and go rent a movie or eat at a restaurant without having to get into your car to do so.
Where parts of New Jersey would be like that?  Or is it mostly the areas next to NY/PA...and everything else is mostly post-auto era built cities? |
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04-08-2009, 04:27 AM
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Princeton, Westfield, New Brunswick, Red Bank, Lambertville...to name a few.
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04-08-2009, 07:45 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
Having lived in NYC (very walkable and pedestrian-friendly)...and seen photos of places like ITHACA, NY...also seems very walkable and pedestrian friendly.
It seems the theme is cities that were PRE-AUTOMOBILE. Mainly, walkable and pedestrian friendly. You're able to easily walk out of your house and go rent a movie or eat at a restaurant without having to get into your car to do so.
Where parts of New Jersey would be like that? Or is it mostly the areas next to NY/PA...and everything else is mostly post-auto era built cities? |
As you said, around NY (Hoboken, Jersey City). Montclair. |
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04-08-2009, 08:56 AM
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Holy crap- 3 bars- WOOHOO!!
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Morristown, Madison, Chatham, Summit
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04-08-2009, 09:18 AM
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Haddonfield, Collingswood
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04-08-2009, 01:31 PM
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LETS GO YANKEES
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Chatham is walkable? Maybe it's just the area my family is in, but it's not at all....
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04-08-2009, 01:40 PM
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Denville
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04-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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Show Must Go On
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
Having lived in NYC (very walkable and pedestrian-friendly)...and seen photos of places like ITHACA, NY...also seems very walkable and pedestrian friendly.
It seems the theme is cities that were PRE-AUTOMOBILE. Mainly, walkable and pedestrian friendly. You're able to easily walk out of your house and go rent a movie or eat at a restaurant without having to get into your car to do so.
Where parts of New Jersey would be like that? Or is it mostly the areas next to NY/PA...and everything else is mostly post-auto era built cities? |
There are lots of towns in NJ that have walkable downdown areas. But that doesn't mean that the whole town is walkable. Usually you have to drive to downtown, park your car and then walk around. Few people are lucky enough to live within walking distance to the downtown area (I am one of them and love it) |
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04-08-2009, 02:04 PM
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English Teacher in Japan
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Originally Posted by ira
There are lots of towns in NJ that have walkable downdown areas. But that doesn't mean that the whole town is walkable. Usually you have to drive to downtown, park your car and then walk around. Few people are lucky enough to live within walking distance to the downtown area (I am one of them and love it) |
That makes a lot of sense! Ah, sounds typical...
Are any of the downtowns places where people want to live? Or these days do most people prefer to be OUT OF DOWNTOWN...and just drive into it instead? (I think 99.99% of the U.S. is that way now, but wondering if there is some exception)  |
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04-08-2009, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
That makes a lot of sense! Ah, sounds typical...
Are any of the downtowns places where people want to live? Or these days do most people prefer to be OUT OF DOWNTOWN...and just drive into it instead? (I think 99.99% of the U.S. is that way now, but wondering if there is some exception) |
Most people seem to be coming back to the downtowns. Well, at least when the economy was booming. We'll see if the town centers go empty as a result of the bad economy like some were during the 80s. |
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