Great Places in America 2012: Neighborhoods (people, ranking, downtown, beautiful)
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The American Planning Association has published their annual "Great Places in America" 2012 list.
The neighborhoods below are those selected. Seems like a very diverse mix of places across the country, although admittedly I have only been to two (one of which is a neighborhood I practically grew up in, the other being Fells Point).
Which have you visited or lived? What are your favorite areas listed? Any undeserving?
These are not listed in any order other than how they appear on the website.
Chestnut Hill truly is a fantastic place. It's so underrated and overlooked.
I think a main reason it is overlooked is because many people don't know it is actually in the city. In NW Philly, people tend to say the name of their neighborhood (Chestnut Hill, Mt Airy, Germantown, Manayunk, Roxborough, etc), instead of the section (North, West, South, Northeast, Southwest), which leads a lot of people to believe that these are suburbs and towns, not city neighborhoods.
Memphis' Cooper Young District is the real thing w/o recreating its infrastructure. It draws a heavy mix of local and out of town visitors, and yet it is very livable for residents. Its annual festival draws 120,000 in one day. Located right by one of the top rated zoos in the country and blocks from NBA, top ten attended NCAA, and cool AAA baseball venues.
There are thousands of deserving neighborhoods in the U.S. that could easily make this list...this is a fine list, but I'm sure any member on this site could come up with one that's just as legitimate.
I don't know how little Salisbury NC got some attention, but it's downtown is beautiful and very historic.
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