Walkable neighborhoods in Cincy? (Cincinnati, Findlay: apartment, rentals, day care)

[progmac]

Originally Posted by reiddar

I dont know much about the N KY area. But, it seems like, coming from Chicago, I would prefer a little more density than it appears that you get in the N KY area. I might be totally off on the areas right across the river. But, when I was driving around this past weekend in Ft Thomas, it did not appear to be anywhere I would want to live...

Also, I will be in a single family home with a fenced in yard. That is requirement I will not ditch...

N KY has plenty of older areas (pre-chicago in terms of age) that are plenty dense. Look closer to the river...newport, bellevue, covington. Across the river in Cincinnati, look at Clifton, Oakley, Hyde Park, Columbia Tusculum, Mt Lookout, Northside

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by progmac

N KY has plenty of older areas (pre-chicago in terms of age) that are plenty dense. Look closer to the river...newport, bellevue, covington.

Ya, immediately across the river is quite charming and dense. It's really like another set of downtown neighborhoods.

[Ohiogirl81]

Newport or Bellevue would be my first choices. I think Fort Thomas is absolutely gorgeous.

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Newport or Bellevue would be my first choices. I think Fort Thomas is absolutely gorgeous.

So was I far off in recommending Fort Thomas? The OP apparently has the impression it is not dense enough. At the same time, he wants a fenced in back yard for his dogs, which I would consider readily achievable there. The day to day fall out of bed and be to work in 15 minutes I consider a huge advantage. Being in your thirties, go out and party whenever you like, knowing the next morning you can get to work in a snap.

[progmac]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

So was I far off in recommending Fort Thomas? The OP apparently has the impression it is not dense enough. At the same time, he wants a fenced in back yard for his dogs, which I would consider readily achievable there. The day to day fall out of bed and be to work in 15 minutes I consider a huge advantage. Being in your thirties, go out and party whenever you like, knowing the next morning you can get to work in a snap.

No, I don't think so. Ft thomas has the density of an older streetcar suburb like norwood or pleasant ridge or college hill. I'm not sure about its business district.

[Joeytraveler]

Luckily with our hilly terrain you can find large yards even in dense neighborhoods. There are lots of places in prospect hill with massive terraced yards that run up the hillside. I feel like places in fairview have large yards that run down the hillsides. It exists, though not sure it will be easiest to find, but if you're not in a rush it's possible.

[Tex?Il?]

Originally Posted by reiddar

I will be moving to Cincy in a month or so for a new position with a large company in the Cincy area. The office is actaully in Ft Thomas, KY. But, I want to live in an area that is walkable. I am am moving from Chicago...and while I realize that there probably is no area quite like Chicago in Cincy, I would like to at least settle in an area where I can park my car on the weekend and hopefully not start it up again until Monday morning. I will be looking for a single family home (up to $350K budget), no kids to worry about at this time...I'm a single dude in my mid 30's, fenced back yard for my dogs, OK commute to Ft Thomas. I like to get out to a pub or bar or nice restaurant on the weekends.

So, what neighborhood is right for me? How is the commute from that neighborhood to Ft Thomas? What are some of the hang outs suitable for a single man in his mid 30's in that area?

Thanks for the help!

Cincinnati may not be among the largest big cities in the country, and it may not have the endless things to do that 5 million plus metro areas have, and currently it doesn't have the public transit system, BUT the one thing that is very true.

Cincinnati, believe it or not, has walkable neighborhoods that are on par with the east coast cities and Chicago. I'm serious when I say this. And there is reason for this: Cincinnati was the first city to become large in the midwest.

Take a look for yourself. While still, in the very early stages of being gentrified after hitting rock bottom with crime, poverty, and neglect, Over-the-Rhine (as well as West End, Pendleton) are really the only urban neighborhoods in the midwest that have the architecture and structure of a historic neighborhood in Manhattan like Greenwich Village, Harlem.

It may not have the safety you are looking for certainly, but thought I would throw it out there.

Neighborhoods that are very safe and walkable/dense that would charm you off your feet would be Mt. Adams, as well as Clifton/Clifton Hts. Hyde Park and Mt. Lookout are more suburban-urban neighborhoods with quaint downtowns. Living in Cincinnati proper would still put you in commutable distance of anywhere in Northern Kentucky.

[kjbrill]

The definition of walkable seems to vary considerably. Where I live I see people in the morning walking, usually with some sort of music device earphone plugged in their ear. It could be called a jog but to me is more like a brisk walk. Later in the day I see mothers with strollers out walking their young children or people with their dogs, often in small groups, likely neighbors. And we don't even have sidewalks. But traffic is not heavy so I guess they feel safe enough. And there is really no place to walk to, other than around a few loops and then back home. What pleases me is whenever I am out and say Good Day to them they invariably respond back in kind.

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

No, he made it perfectly clear he wants a fenced rear yard for his dogs. So we can see where his priorities are.

Please tell me you aren't saying there aren't fenced yards in CUF or Clifton Gaslight....

[TomJones123]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

The definition of walkable seems to vary considerably.

Well, generally speaking, walkable has more to do with amenities than going outside for a walk. Where I live I walk most places I go. This includes shopping, entertainment, restaurants, etc. Mason is not walkable in the sense we use walkable when referring to dense urban areas, such as Chicago and Cincinnati.