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Greenville, SC - is it pedestrian friendly? Mostly car-oriented? How is the layout?
Not that I wouldn't have a car, but it is nice to be able to walk around places without jumping in the car for nearly everything...from a person's house in the evening or weekends.
Greenville certainly APPEARS very walkable and pedestrian-friendly...but do people generally drive to those areas, look for parking, and then walk around...or do they live amongst it all?
Greenville, SC - is it pedestrian friendly? Mostly car-oriented? How is the layout?
Not that I wouldn't have a car, but it is nice to be able to walk around places without jumping in the car for nearly everything...from a person's house in the evening or weekends.
Greenville certainly APPEARS very walkable and pedestrian-friendly...but do people generally drive to those areas, look for parking, and then walk around...or do they live amongst it all?
As for walkability, Greenville is excellent. It has one of the premier downtowns in the nation for a city its size (and many larger). Pedestrians walking pretty much 24/7. The city really focused on predestian friendly development several years ago and narrowed its Main Street from 5 lanes to a landscaped / tree lined 2 lane street to encourage pedestrians. It worked. Check out some of the photos in the photo thread.
Downtown / West End / North End / Cleveland Park / Augusta Street / Park Avenue / Overbrook are all very walkable areas with good density.
As for the suburbs, they need help in the walkability department. Most of the suburbs are car oriented as with most cities in the south. The county is taking steps in that regard however, with continued additional segments of multi mile "greenway" trails.
Greenville, SC - is it pedestrian friendly? Mostly car-oriented? How is the layout?
Not that I wouldn't have a car, but it is nice to be able to walk around places without jumping in the car for nearly everything...from a person's house in the evening or weekends.
Greenville certainly APPEARS very walkable and pedestrian-friendly...but do people generally drive to those areas, look for parking, and then walk around...or do they live amongst it all?
The downtown area is good for walking......restaurants and shops are close together. Other areas of Greenville that have shopping and restaurants are spread out so those areas require a car and I would not consider them to be pedestrian friendly. Greenville is definitely mostly a car oriented place.
I found a wonderful site called WWW.WALKSCORE.COM Of all the homes we have looked at (3 we had offers on) the house we are actually buying has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 - not bad, especially when the others had either 0 or 5!
I love it, it tells me how close things are to me - Starbucks less than 2 miles!!!! Library, less than 1 mile. Great site!
The downtown area is good for walking......restaurants and shops are close together. Other areas of Greenville that have shopping and restaurants are spread out so those areas require a car and I would not consider them to be pedestrian friendly. Greenville is definitely mostly a car oriented place.
How possible is it to live in the downtown area? Is either too expensive/costly for housing...or just undesireable for any other reason...?
Generally, it seems Greenville is very progressive in the 'how to create/build your city' category. A very attractive feature.
How possible is it to live in the downtown area? Is either too expensive/costly for housing...or just undesireable for any other reason...?
Generally, it seems Greenville is very progressive in the 'how to create/build your city' category. A very attractive feature.
Greenville's downtown is full of new condos and loft spaces in converted buildings....a sizable population lives downtown. Downtown condos run from moderately priced to high end. One good thing about Greenville, it never really had an inner ring of dirty factories encircling downtown in its history, so great neighborhoods bump immediately up to downtown. Park Avenue is only a few blocks from City Center, and the street has numerous, well priced, townhomes, condos, houses, etc. The same with the North Main area.....Cleveland Park....etc, etc.
For reasonably priced apartments, check out McBee Station.
http://www.mcbee-station.com/downtown.htm (broken link)
Last edited by gsupstate; 12-30-2009 at 06:52 AM..
How possible is it to live in the downtown area? Is either too expensive/costly for housing...or just undesireable for any other reason...?
Generally, it seems Greenville is very progressive in the 'how to create/build your city' category. A very attractive feature.
It is very possible to live downtown in Greenville (depending on your budget).....but just like most downtown areas around the country you can expect to pay more for the convenience of being able to walk to restaurants and shops. Greenvilles downtown is pretty, nicely laid out and definitely a desirable area to live in. There are condos there....some of them upwards of around $700,000 so a little on the pricey side for the nicer (more square footage) ones. In all honesty some of the condos downtown are too expensive when considering the size. But that is the way it works in most cities...people are charged a premium for things like a nice view and conveniences.
I had considered a downtown condo when I first moved to Greenville but instead opted for a house that offered me more square footage for the same price I would have spent just to be downtown in a small apartment.
It is very possible to live downtown in Greenville (depending on your budget).....but just like most downtown areas around the country you can expect to pay more for the convenience of being able to walk to restaurants and shops. Greenvilles downtown is pretty, nicely laid out and definitely a desirable area to live in. There are condos there....some of them upwards of around $700,000 so a little on the pricey side for the nicer (more square footage) ones. In all honesty some of the condos downtown are too expensive when considering the size. But that is the way it works in most cities...people are charged a premium for things like a nice view and conveniences.
I had considered a downtown condo when I first moved to Greenville but instead opted for a house that offered me more square footage for the same price I would have spent just to be downtown in a small apartment.
Ah, sounds like it exists then, but you certainly have to pay for it.
Yep the downtown area of Greenville is Great but it's obviously a bit more pricey. of options and you can get a nice home right on the outskirts for the low 200's close to the grocery store and a few minutes walk to main street.
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