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looking for a walkable place to live besides nyc. prefer something a bit small yet close to a city. and somewhere safe.
If you're looking for small-ish cites, college towns are often walkable, for ex, Boulder, Colorado; Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Boulder is about 30 miles from Denver. Champaign is about 130 miles from Chicago.
looking for a walkable place to live besides nyc. prefer something a bit small yet close to a city. and somewhere safe.
If you're interested in coming to Philadelphia, I'll recommend a few suburbs which seem to fit your criteria: Glenside , Wyndmoor, Cheltenham. If you don't mind being a little further away from the city, you can look at Conshohocken or King of Prussia. All are very safe and walkable.
Well when you break it down, Atlanta is as walkable as Manhattan. Have you heard of MARTA? People have cars out of desire. But any time of the day, if you need to go somewhere you can get from point A to point B anywhere in Metro Atlanta to any where else.
Well when you break it down, Atlanta is as walkable as Manhattan. Have you heard of MARTA? People have cars out of desire. But any time of the day, if you need to go somewhere you can get from point A to point B anywhere in Metro Atlanta to any where else.
If you're looking for small-ish cites, college towns are often walkable, for ex, Boulder, Colorado; Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Boulder is about 30 miles from Denver. Champaign is about 130 miles from Chicago.
This is always my thought for small yet walkable, especially in the Midwest. The college towns for the state flagships tend to fit the bill. Eugene, OR is another that works well. The ones Texas and the deep South tend to be less walkable.
In addition to Boulder, Urbana-Champaign, and Eugene, the best for this category in my book:
Ann Arbor, MI
Madison, WI (Possibly bigger than what the OP is looking for, but depends on their definition of small).
Iowa City (Chicago is the nearest big city, so maybe too far for the OP).
Lafayette/West Lafayette, IN (just over an hour from Indianapolis, IIRC).
I've heard Lawrence, KS and Lincoln, NE as well, but I've never been to either.
Other options for smaller cities that are walkable:
1. Streetcar suburbs- Still in a big metro, but out of the core. Many still have a main commercial street, often with denser fourplex or townhome housing next to it tapering to SFH after a couple blocks. They're not NYC, but reasonably walkable.
2. Tourist hubs- saybanana mentioned Santa Barbabra. Beachtowns, historical cities, and ski towns often have walkable areas in the tourist zone. The problems are they tend to be expensive, there may be a dead season when a lot of businesses close, and the house next door may be AirBnBed to a loud drunk group that parties until 4am every weekend.
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