Good suburban downtowns (places to live, restaurants, suburbs)

[FromGA]

I am looking to make a list of suburbs that have a good downtown (That is the downtown of that suburb. Not the downtown of the core city). Let us know what kinds of things are available to do there.

Also, which region of the country are you likely to find these types of downtowns.

Thanks.

[Broadrippleguy]

Carmel, Indiana has one of those nice Suburban downtowns.
It has the 2nd highest concentration of office space in Indiana after Downtown Indianapolis.
Hey even CNN Money magazine ranked Carmel, Indiana as the #1 place to live in America.
Carmel, IN - Best Places to Live - Money Magazine

[ckhthankgod]

Many Northeastern villages or cities outside of the major center city may have nice Downtowns. In my area, villages like Liverpool, Skaneateles, Manlius and perhaps Fayetteville come to mind. They are more quaint and offer walkability.

Welcome to the Village of Skaneateles!

http://www.manliusvillage.org/

Village of Liverpool - New York

http://www.fayettevilleny.gov/

[RightonWalnut]

In the Philly metro:

West Chester, PA
New Hope, PA
Media, PA
Doylestown, PA
Newtown, PA
Collingswood, NJ
Ardmore, PA
Conshohocken, PA

[nei]

How big are we talking about?

In the NYC metro.

Long Island:

1) Huntington (best of the bunch, IMO)
2) Mineola
3) Great Neck
4) Glen Cove
5) Rockville Centre

small and cutsey:

1) Northport
2) Port Jefferson
3) Sayville
4) Patchogue
5) Oyster Bay
6) Babylon

more like a city:

Long Beach

In Westchester:

1) Pelham
2) Tarrytown
3) Larchmont
4) White Plains

[nashvols]

Franklin, TN. Most of the city is typical suburbia (but pretty nice)...the historic downtown is well preserved and filled with many local and independent businesses (restaurants and boutiques).

Photos (my shots):
//www.city-data.com/forum/18627290-post94.html

[KodeBlue]

Towson, MD

[iNviNciBL3]

Originally Posted by FromGA

I am looking to make a list of suburbs that have a good downtown (That is the downtown of that suburb. Not the downtown of the core city). Let us know what kinds of things are available to do there.

Also, which region of the country are you likely to find these types of downtowns.

Thanks.

Chicago and Detroit burbs.

[kyle19125]

DC suburbs...

Arlington, Virginia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-_Virginia.jpg

Bethesda, Maryland
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/01/cit..._slide_15.html

[BPP1999]

Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia