Most abrupt transition from downtown to surrounding neighborhoods. (place, market)

[manitopiaaa]

I don't think anyone here can beat Tulsa, Oklahoma. There's literal farmland just 5 minutes northwest of Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Do...v8_r?entry=ttu

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by manitopiaaa

I don't think anyone here can beat Tulsa, Oklahoma. There's literal farmland just 5 minutes northwest of Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Do...v8_r?entry=ttu

This doesn't look like farmland. Looks like maybe they demolished a bunch of urban "blight?"

If you're talking about the actual fields, it looks like they are a four-mile walk from downtown, which isn't that close at all.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Originally Posted by eschaton

This doesn't look like farmland. Looks like maybe they demolished a bunch of urban "blight?"

If you're talking about the actual fields, it looks like they are a four-mile walk from downtown, which isn't that close at all.

Sacramento has farmland 10 mins from downtown (by driving). Seems similar to Tulsa

https://goo.gl/maps/KDxJoUwT2St9bzBCA

[RocketSci]

2 miles, 4 miles, 10 minute drive, etc - I wouldn't call any of those an "abrupt" transition. And it doesn't even address the OP, who specifically is looking for SFH.

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by RocketSci

As Buffalo depopulated a few of the old denser commercial and industrial areas adjacent to downtown were replaced by less dense detached single family:
Rabin Terrace
William Street

There are also a few blocks tucked away immediately adjacent to downtown that hold 19th century single family detached, some have been broken into smaller units
Trinity Place

William Street was the first thing that came to mind for me, along with a few streets in Toronto that have average-looking SFHs in the shadow of skyscrapers

[fusion2]

Originally Posted by Matt Marcinkiewicz

William Street was the first thing that came to mind for me, along with a few streets in Toronto that have average-looking SFHs in the shadow of skyscrapers

I looked at William Street and there nothing in Toronto's DT or adjacent nabe's that have that sparely populated type surburban looking housing stock. Most residential housing stock in Old Toronto is of the Bay and Gable type and they are quite densely packed.

[pretorius]

Perhaps Forest Hills, Queens. The downtown runs northwest-southeast past the Forest Hills train station.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fo...M2Rj?entry=ttu


Yonge-Eglinton, Toronto, fits too.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/To...3aDY?entry=ttu

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by RocketSci

2 miles, 4 miles, 10 minute drive, etc - I wouldn't call any of those an "abrupt" transition. And it doesn't even address the OP, who specifically is looking for SFH.

This looks abrupt to me.

Sacramento

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sa...iY24?entry=ttu

[mhays25]

Protected river valleys (for flood risk in many cases) would be a special case. Here's Everett, WA, for another example. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9812...!1e3?entry=ttu

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by pretorius

Yonge-Eglinton, Toronto, fits too.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/To...3aDY?entry=ttu

This was one of the first places that came to mind when I saw this thread. Although I definitely wouldn't call the residential streets anything remotely close to "suburban," as the SFHs are still densely packed. It's just the abrupt drop from skyscrapers and busy commercial boulevards to small houses with narrow sidewalks and lack of commercial businesses that makes it stand out to me.