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I was going to say....In NY State, you have plenty of walkable suburban villages/communities in all of the metros.
For examples, do a streetview of NY communities like Kenmore, Brockport, Skaneateles, Clinton, Scotia, Liverpool, Pittsford, Brighton's 12 Corners, Fairport, East Aurora, Amherst's Snyder neighborhood/hamlet, Spencerport, Fayetteville, Manlius, Baldwinsville, Williamsville, Lewiston, New Hartford, Horseheads, Elmira Heights, Johnson City, Delmar and Webster, among many others.
No. The Peninsula's suburban town centers are just a copy of New England and Upper Midwestern suburban town centers.
I'd say suburbs of New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Washington are the best. They are the originals.
Shaker Heights, OH; Greenwich, CT; Wellesley, MA; Evanston, IL; Highland Park, IL; Birmingham, MI; Bethesda, MD; Chevy Chase, MD; Arlington, VA; Lower Merion, PA; and Scarsdale, NY.
I always really liked Shaker Heights, the main street architecture is very cool. The Cleveland area does not get enough credit on here. Great locations and architecture
Er, I know what your trying to say overunder12 but some of those cities are such important job centers that I dont feel comfortable classifying them as 'suburbs'. LOL.
Palo Alto for example is a huge employment destination not only due to its Fortune 500 companies, but also its numerous financial companies(Venture Capitalists, NYSE office, WSJ office etc), law firms, start ups as well as oh yeah, Stanford University and all the auxiliary things such as laboratories and the esteemed Stanford Hospital. Not to mention its highly successful and very upscale mall and downtown retail areas.
Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Redwood City and Menlo Park Im sure all see population increases during the day as well as Palo Alto.
As far as your question, I think the East Bay gives you a run for your money to be honest.
Also, I recall the DC area have a ton of vibrant (not so) little downtowns right around DC too.
It's one of them - but I certainly wouldn't say it stands out as the best string. A lot of other areas have strings like that, especially in the northeast.
No. The Peninsula's suburban town centers are just a copy of New England and Upper Midwestern suburban town centers.
I'd say suburbs of New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Washington are the best. They are the originals.
Shaker Heights, OH; Greenwich, CT; Wellesley, MA; Evanston, IL; Highland Park, IL; Birmingham, MI; Bethesda, MD; Chevy Chase, MD; Arlington, VA; Lower Merion, PA; and Scarsdale, NY.
Yeah, but again, we're not talking about edge cities - like Bethesda or Evanston - but suburbs that are a good distance from a big city.
The 24-mile stretch between Broadway in Burlingame and Downtown Mountain View has about 11 or 12 vibrant and walkable downtowns and midtowns, all linear and tightly packed, connected easily by rail.
Er, I know what your trying to say overunder12 but some of those cities are such important job centers that I dont feel comfortable classifying them as 'suburbs'. LOL.
Palo Alto for example is a huge employment destination not only due to its Fortune 500 companies, but also its numerous financial companies(Venture Capitalists, NYSE office, WSJ office etc), law firms, start ups as well as oh yeah, Stanford University and all the auxiliary things such as laboratories and the esteemed Stanford Hospital. Not to mention its highly successful and very upscale mall and downtown retail areas.
Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Redwood City and Menlo Park Im sure all see population increases during the day as well as Palo Alto.
As far as your question, I think the East Bay gives you a run for your money to be honest.
Also, I recall the DC area have a ton of vibrant (not so) little downtowns right around DC too.
But the Peninsula is a great candidate no doubt!
To me, South Bay cities like Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Cupertino are passed the cut-off line.. At that point you're leaving the penninsula and getting into San Jose sprawl.
Yeah, but again, we're not talking about edge cities - like Bethesda or Evanston - but suburbs that are a good distance from a big city.
The 24-mile stretch between Broadway in Burlingame and Downtown Mountain View has about 11 or 12 vibrant and walkable downtowns and midtowns, all linear and tightly packed, connected easily by rail.
have you been through CT, Jersey, or heading west out the main line of Philly? dont see any difference in your so called distances and rail connectivity. Actually Jersey and CT would extend much further with these towns in contrast to the distance you state and most definately beyond edge cities
Towns like Princeton, Morris Town, Westchester (the PA one), Doylestown, Bryn Mawr, Wayne etc etc etc or in DC out to Restin and Sterling and Leesburg etc.
Also interesting as an aside the radio station playing in the background provides traffic for both NYC and Philly in the same report - guess there is something to the connectivity
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