mozzzking t1_j52w2xk wrote on January 20, 2023 at 12:40 AM

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

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.

NobleOceanAlleyCat t1_j532ekq wrote on January 20, 2023 at 1:25 AM

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.