Any safe areas within walking distance to everything? (Phoenix, Glendale: condos, low crime)

[ksc72]

Wondering if Phoenix and surrounding cities have any safe (low crime) areas which are walking distance to everything or at least...

- LRT or regular bus
- Shopping (preferably malls)
- Restaurants
- Cinemas
- Libraries
- Museums
- etc.

Please list areas or zips. Thanks

[Finger Laker]

what about your employment?

You could probably find someplace where you could get most of those things (downtown wouldn't be a bad option) .... may not be realistic for the daily commute though (if needed)

[azdr0710]

downtown Scottsdale centered on Camelback and Scotts Rd

downtown Tempe along Mill

24th St and Camelback area

downtown Phoenix centered around Washington and Central

downtown Glendale?? (may not have a mall)

there may be others


these areas have all or almost all of what you request....and I consider walking up to three miles RT to where you're going as a very "walkable" area (I'm a Westerner, you know!).....

[ksc72]

Don't need to worry about employment or daily commutes. Considering a place for snowbirding. Downtown has most of those except that its not safe. Any other areas?...does not have to be the city of Phoenix.

[Kimballette]

Originally Posted by ksc72

Downtown has most of those except that its not safe.

Regardless of what you decide, this statement is not correct.

[locolobo13]

Try azdr0710 suggestions. The only thing I would add is check out some of the area around Arrowhead mall (Peoria I think).

Use google maps and then street view to surf the areas.

[Minnetonkamari]

My husband and I bought a place in Paradise Valley and this will be our first winter as snowbirds. What we like is that we can walk to the Fashion Square Mall (less than a mile) area, where we can get coffee, go see movies at the big mainstream theatre or the little indy movie theatre and there are quite a few places to eat. We can also walk to Old Scottsdale. There are several condo buildings right around there with some outstanding deals. We actually bought a house in a gated community, but looked at quite a few condos at Safari (loved!) and a couple at Optima.

Best wishes and good luck!

[azdr0710]

going to add the PV Mall area - Tatum/Cactus/Shea area is very nice with the Indian Bend wash path to boot.....it's crowded with fast-moving cars, but really a walkable area, also.....seems like every store you could want for your entire life is within a mile or less of that area....

don't know about the museum thing, though!

[Jkgourmet]

Originally Posted by Minnetonkamari

My husband and I bought a place in Paradise Valley and this will be our first winter as snowbirds. What we like is that we can walk to the Fashion Square Mall (less than a mile) area, where we can get coffee, go see movies at the big mainstream theatre or the little indy movie theatre and there are quite a few places to eat. We can also walk to Old Scottsdale. There are several condo buildings right around there with some outstanding deals. We actually bought a house in a gated community, but looked at quite a few condos at Safari (loved!) and a couple at Optima.

Best wishes and good luck!

With this possible VERY lmited exception, and possibly some stops on the light rail, I think you're looking in the wrong city. Walking, the Valley of the Sun, and public transportation really don't occur in reality land.

[TiredOfyycCold]

We bought just off I-17 and Happy Valley (on the VERY outer edge of 85310).
There is a bus park and ride facility a few miles away, a safeway and small strip mall within 3 blocks of our house, and two very large shopping centres with a movie theatre within 3 miles.
Walkable? depends on the individual and the time of year... but definitely not walkable like Central Scottsdale would be.