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I love NYC's low rise neighbrohoods (Greenwhich Village, LES, SOHO) but I don't think I could ever live in the city. It seems like it would be a hassel to actually live there on a daily basis and put up with the crowds.
I am looking for a place that has some of the attributes of NYC, but maybe on a slightly more lax pace.
I especially love those really dense, low rise neighborhoods with lots of densely packed little apartment buildings w/shopping streets runing through them.
I am thinking SF, Chicago and maybe Boston are the most likely candidates for similar neighborhoods?
In Boston:
the South End and South Boston (the former was a neighborhood, the latter a city),
the Fens/Kenmore-lots of college kids
Beacon Hill-rich & tourists
North End-crowded
Back Bay-snotty
In Boston:
the South End and South Boston (the former was a neighborhood, the latter a city),
the Fens/Kenmore-lots of college kids
Beacon Hill-rich & tourists
North End-crowded
Back Bay-snotty
^ What he said. Boston's neighborhoods may be as close as it gets to Greenwich Village...that and some of the neighborhoods in Philadelphia & Washington DC.
Yeah seriously Miami Beach is the place that comes to mind more than anywhere else when you talk about dense low rises with mixed use all over the place. Even Miami is like that in most places with low rises all over the place.
Philadelphia or Boston would definitely fit the bill. Both are the two major cities that developed most similar to New York (a slew of low-rise, extremely dense neighborhoods), but on a much smaller scale, of course. I'm not as sure about neighborhoods in Boston, but Philly's Washington West or Old City neighborhoods come to mind as very "Village-esque." The Adams Morgan neighborhood in DC is another possibility -- one of my all time favorites.
Hoboken, NJ (It's literally right over the hudson)
It's nearly 100% rowhomes/brownstones just like the Greenwich Village. The only flaw I see is that Hoboken isn't cheap/affordable, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper then Greenwich village.
Greenwich village population density- 64,325/sqmi
Hoboken population density- 31,807/sqmi
Philadelphia or Boston would definitely fit the bill. Both are the two major cities that developed most similar to New York (a slew of low-rise, extremely dense neighborhoods), but on a much smaller scale, of course. I'm not as sure about neighborhoods in Boston, but Philly's Washington West or Old City neighborhoods come to mind as "Village-esque." The Adams Morgan neighborhood in DC is another possibility -- one of my all time favorites.
I would agree - much of Philly downtown neighborhoods have similarities to the village - height and even feel - and Duderion pointed out some but in many ways most of the Philly downtown neighborhoods outside of the CBD is more similar to the village than to other parts of NYC - also Boston, DC (Adams Morgan) as brought up and potentially even Fells Point in baltimore have some level of similarity though all are a little different
On Hoboken - maybe a real gem - only one subway stop into the city and a vibrant neighborhood (very much city life) just on the Jersey side
As an aside Wash West in Philly is a gem in that it is walking distance to downtown, Rittenhouse, and Old City - with it's own neighborhood feel all to its own - maybe the best location to have a short walk or cab to everything in Philly - good call Duderino
yeah, i agree. i think the northeast cities resemble the village/soho the most (yeah, i know i know - nothing truly matches it). all the ones mentioned above fit the bill though. and hoboken is literally an extension of it..
now regarding miami beach - while it has the character of new york. i'm not so sure about actually resembeling the village. its all art deco..
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). all the ones mentioned above fit the bill though. and hoboken is literally an extension of it.. 
