Smaller, walkable communities with an option of walk or bike ability to a bigger city Downtown (Rochester: 2013)

[ckhthankgod]

After the idea and posts about Scotia being a walkable/bike able community with the same ability into Downtown Schenectady, I was wondering what are some other smaller, walk/bike able communities with walk/bike able access to an adjacent bigger city Downtown? There are some others I thought about.

What makes the Scotia example appealing is that it has its own solid/good schools(public and private). So, as mentioned, that is another aspect that makes it potentially appealing to families and even singles that want to plant roots there for the future.

[jpdivola]

It isn't a super practical daily walk/ride, but Pittsford and Fairport are relatively walkable villages with a scenic multi-use trail along the Erie Canal and Genesee River to downtown Rochester.



https://www.rochestersubway.com/topi...n-to-fairport/

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by jpdivola

It isn't a super practical daily walk/ride, but Pittsford and Fairport are relatively walkable villages with a scenic multi-use trail along the Erie Canal and Genesee River to downtown Rochester.



https://www.rochestersubway.com/topi...n-to-fairport/

This is different than the Scotia to Schenectady dynamic, where you literally can go from your walkable village into a Downtown of a bigger city from your own community via walking/biking over on a bridge over the Mohawk River.

[ckhthankgod]

South Glens Falls/Glens Falls is also similar in terms of this dynamic. South GF: https://poststar.com/business/local/...1da861471.html

in between: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3054...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Downtown GF: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3093...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

[ckhthankgod]

I guess a bit more indirect, but you could perhaps include Rensselaer into Downtown Albany as well.

Entrance to bridge walk/bike way in Rensselaer: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6410...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Dunn Memorial Bridge over the Hudson in between the 2 cities: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6429...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Where walk/bike way lowers into Albany: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6442...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Where it ends in Albany: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6460...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Other side of the overpass: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6464...2!9m2!1b1!2i37

Further into Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6488...2!9m2!1b1!2i37