What is a good city for a non-driver? (chapel, places to live)

[FedUpInFtMyers]

Downtown Chicago should be less expensive than NYC; however, it is also very cold there. You can walk to most everything when living in The Windy City, and when transportation is necessary, you have the trains and buses. You can also grab a cab depending on where you want to go and how much you want to spend getting there. Good luck!

[Wisteria]

I have a friend who also has a vision problem and is a Manhattan native who moved to Reno because of the good public transportation system and weather. He has been there about 15 years now, and his 80-year-old mother moved from NYC to there and loves it.

I have not lived in Reno, but have visited several times. I hear good things from people who do live around there, and NV doesn't have state taxes.

Something to consider, anyway.

Good luck!

[umograd83]

Washington, DC has a great subway and good bus system. I didn't have a car for the firs two years that I lived there.

[SpeedyAZ]

Well since you live in NYC I'd assume you'd want to stay in a large city. Some cities I'd consider would be:

Portland, OR
Chicago
Seattle
Denver

Each city has a walkable downtown and a fairly low cost-of-living. Another option would be Dallas or Austin; Dallas has the DART and Austin is fairly walkable albeit a bit small.

[OREGONRAIN]

When I decided to relocate, public transit was way at the top of my list of what I needed, as well as a more mild climate and lower cost of living at least compared to the Boston Area. All I could really come up with in all the research was Portland, Oregon. Weather especially cold and snowy weather, knocked most places off my list, as well as being to big. The USA Just does not have transit much outside of the northern areas, San Diego has transit, but the cost of living there is prohibitive as is the rest of calif. Really, all I found was Portland, light rail that is always being extended, a streetcar system, also being extended, one of the most extensive bus systems I have ever seen in a city, that really is on the smaller side of big. There is even now a swiss cable car that goes from the riverfront up into the West Hills, primarily for workers that work in the hosptals up there. I hardly use my vehicle here, and am not affected by high gas prices one bit, at least at the gas pump that is, I am sure I will be with food in the stores, like all of us, will pay extra for that as fuel prices go up. Look into Portland and see how you like it. Portland is not a cheap place to live, but for us from the northeast and California it really is alot cheaper to live here.

[Wisteria]

OregonRain: When I decided to relocate, public transit was way at the top of my list of what I needed, as well as a more mild climate and lower cost of living at least compared to the Boston Area. All I could really come up with in all the research was Portland, Oregon.

I used to live in Seattle and had an awful time with SAD. Is Portland pretty much the same?? I'm very interested in a town with good public transportation, as I hate to drive!!

Thanks,
Wisteria

[mrmoose]

just want to bump the thread as am getting restless again lol

[houstoner]

Did you consider Providence? It is not too far from where you are now.

[mrmoose]

I do want better weather then providence. I know I could go to Philly,Pittsburgh or any number of cities in the east or Midwest I was just hoping for better weather.

[DailyJournalist]

Atlanta Georgia