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I assumed there would have been, and I may have even seen some in the past, but as I said, I couldn't find any. Would you, or anyone be able to link me to some of them please?
This is the main one I was thinking of that I've come across:
So, were the lists that were posted previously what you were looking for?
You mean the posts of a few listed places? That was more what I was looking for yes. I guess if you had the numbers for density of downtowns in small towns, those would be much more helpful in this instance.
IMHO Pennsylvania beats the rest of the union when it comes to "big little cities" Particularly the southeastern portion of the state, including the old boroughs in the Philadelphia suburbs, South-Central Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch Country) the Lehigh Valley, Reading, and some smaller towns near the fringes in the Coal Region. Everywhere in this region you find a settlement founded in the 19th century, whether it has 100,000+ people today or only 3,000, you'll find walkable downtowns, grid patterned streets, narrow alleys, and rowhouses galore.
I'd post links to Google street views, but there's honestly dozens of example, and it would take forever to find the best views for all of them. An acquaintance of mine does photo tours mainly in Western PA (which isn't as urban overall), but you can see his examples from Reading, York, and Lebanon here.
That is not to say that all of the smaller cities are desirable places to live. Some of them have developed typical urban issues with crime, drugs and gangs and are as dicey as major cities. They still have nice neighborhoods in places of course, but they're not picturesque little burghs. Others, particularly along the fringes of the Coal Region, have kind of a dying mill town vibe to them - not unsafe, but quasi-abandoned with much demolition.
2. It has regular Amtrak service into Philadelphia.
These two things coupled together mean it's by far the easiest place in Pennsylvania minus Philly and Pittsburgh if you want to live a largely (or entirely) car-free lifestyle.
You mean the posts of a few listed places? That was more what I was looking for yes. I guess if you had the numbers for density of downtowns in small towns, those would be much more helpful in this instance.
Well, what you can do is for that same website, you can view census block groups for those cities and it shows the population density for that census block group. For instance, I believe that this is the census block group that covers Downtown Ithaca: Census Block Group 000100-1 in Tompkins County, New York
Well, what you can do is for that same website, you can view census block groups for those cities and it shows the population density for that census block group. For instance, I believe that this is the census block group that covers Downtown Ithaca: Census Block Group 000100-1 in Tompkins County, New York
I know we've discussed this in the past, but while I quite like a lot of the smaller cities in New England and Upstate New York, I don't think they have quite as urban of a feel (outside of the Hudson Valley) as those in Pennsylvania. I mean, the business districts are great. But the vernacular residential architecture is detached wood-frame buildings for the most part. They can be placed on rather small lots, giving a fairly dense "town" style feel in places. But it doesn't tend to lead to a true urban feel IMHO for the residential neighborhoods.
I know we've discussed this in the past, but while I quite like a lot of the smaller cities in New England and Upstate New York, I don't think they have quite as urban of a feel (outside of the Hudson Valley) as those in Pennsylvania. I mean, the business districts are great. But the vernacular residential architecture is detached wood-frame buildings for the most part. They can be placed on rather small lots, giving a fairly dense "town" style feel in places. But it doesn't tend to lead to a true urban feel IMHO for the residential neighborhoods.
Yeah, the further west you go in Upstate NY, the less likely you will find rowhouses or attached housing. You may find some or find detached housing within very close proximity to each other, but the built residential environment is more detached than in PA in terms of cities/villages/boroughs.
A lot of discussion on eastern PA towns, including the coal region, in there.
Wow, that Mahanoy City looks ridiculous. No suburb area at all, that's either impressive or interesting, or both. Does anyone know if it's in a good way these days, or is it down-at-heel like a lot of towns in the area?
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