Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

mozzzking t1_j50kwvf wrote

Reply to comment by bashmydotfiles in Day trips to New Haven, what should we check out? by bashmydotfiles

New Haven and Portland Maine are the two most walkable cities in New England. Here in NHV we have a great art scene with free amazing museums. And the food scene is absolutely incredible, not even counting the pizza.

17

NobleOceanAlleyCat t1_j51te96 wrote

Umm…Boston? Possibly also Portsmouth and Burlington, although I’m not as familiar with those two.

2

mozzzking t1_j527szh wrote

Lol Boston is not walkable at all. Not like New Haven. Yes I agree with Burlington and Portsmouth but those are towns with like 25-40k population. Newport RI is very walkable but also like 20k people so I didn’t include it. NHV has 130k people.

−4

NobleOceanAlleyCat t1_j52tz5o wrote

I legit can’t tell if I’m being trolled. I’m just incredulous you think New Haven is anywhere near as walkable as Boston. Have you ever lived there? It’s bigger than New Haven but it also has the T for longer distances.

5

mozzzking t1_j52w2xk wrote

The T is not walking tho lol. Boston just has many distinct neighborhoods like back bay, north end, seaport etc that all have their own vibe, shops, restaurants. And those locations are not walkable between them what so ever.

I’m just saying NHV is all densely consolidated in one particular area around the green (first planned city in the US) you can park in any of the garages and never need an Uber for the entire day. Yes a tad unfair to compare to beantown as it’s got like 600k people.

0

NobleOceanAlleyCat t1_j532ekq wrote

We’re working with different definitions then. I include transit as a part of walkability (and I don’t think I’m breaking with convention in doing so). But even without transit, I’d still put Boston ahead of NHV in terms of walkability. Each of the Boston neighborhoods you mentioned is walkable. Then there’s transit to get between neighborhoods that aren’t directly adjacent. The area around the green in NHV is hardly the size of a single Boston neighborhood. But if I had to compare the downtown NHV area to any Boston area of an equivalent radius, I’d still pick Boston. More shops to stop in along the way.

3