Cities with walkable neighborhoods where one can get a 1BR for $1,200 (rent, movie theater)

[ckhthankgod]

There are plenty of various sizes. It may be a matter of other factors.

[EricNorthman]

Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver.

[northbound74]

Probably most non-coastal mid-sized cities that have good older neighborhoods. Especially midwestern ones. Many of them were built pre-war. New enough for thoughtful layouts and sidewalks, but old enough that cars hadn't yet completely determined how we design cities.

[projectmaximus]

Riverside or Brooklyn in Jacksonville, FL
San Marco or Avondale as well (but slightly less walkable)

Note: In all cases except Brooklyn, most of your options would be converted homes or over garage units. Brooklyn is the only one that would have mostly traditional apartment buildings.

[Newsboy]

Savannah certainly qualifies. $1,200 will buy you a very nice apartment in the heart of the Historic District.

[Drewcifer]

In Minneapolis $1,200 a month would take you into the luxury apartment range. A regular 1br in a walkable area would be $700 to $900 a month.

[OyCrumbler]

NYC in the outer boroughs further away from Manhattan.

Chicago. Philadelphia and pretty much any city in the northeast that had more than a half million people in the mid-20th century.

[blaserbrad]

Tacoma

[MS313]

Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore. Not sure about Minneapolis and Chicago.

[Champ le monstre du lac]

The OP didn't give any real criteria so I have to ask what kind of amenities are you looking for in an apartment? Can you live in an old apartment and deal with having to do coin laundry or do you want newer construction with decent amenities? This will narrow it down at least a little more, other wise this thread will just be a meaningless list of with casually dropped names of several cities.

$1200 will get you a reasonably decent apartment in a lot of cities. What do you consider walkable? As in a good rating on walkscore? Parks? Retail? Dining? Groceries? Do you want wall to wall urban density or would you prefer more elbow room in bungalow like neighborhood but still quite walkable? In other words what are your standards?