Affordable Walkable Cities: New Orleans, Louisiana
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2023
- Affordable Walkable Cities: New Orleans, Louisiana
We will look at cities that are just plain underrated. We will focus on specific neighborhoods that are walkable and bike-able to services and amenities within a reasonable distance. The 15 minute city in America?
What actually qualifies as Affordable? We will be looking at cities with average rent and median home sale price.
What qualifies as Walkable? The entire city doesn’t have to be walkable since that’s unrealistic but they must have at least several neighborhoods with a good walk, bike and transit score. The goal is to find an area within the city where you can absolutely live car free.
New Orleans feels like you are in an entirely different country due to the heavy French/Creole influence. There is a unique character, cuisine, architecture and style to it. You just have to go and see it for yourself.
It is a highly walkable city and bikeable since it was founded and designed by French colonists in 1718, way before the automobile ruined city planning.
Streetcars have been an important part of the city's public transit system since the early 1800’s.
Walkable Neighborhoods in New Orleans
Garden District
Lower Garden District
Mid City New Orleans
Bayou St. John
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Good overview of the city. I visited in December and was impressed by the size of the urban fabric. The Blue Bike bikeshare system is pretty good and the cycling culture was much more established than I expected. Lots of single speed bikes and tons of bikes on Tulane's campus. There is a nice brand new airport. But the public transit is not set up well for non-tourists and the condition of the roads are absolutely atrocious. IMO its got the most impressive prewar classical urban core of any southern city - much larger than Savanah and Charleston. With an MSA population of just under 1.3 million New Orleans punches well above its weight.
Yes! For all of the things it does wrong, it does a few things exceedingly well. No city is perfect. Certain people prefer the trade-offs NOLA provides. Thanks for your feedback.
Walking, bicycles, mass transit and open spaces all make cities more enjoyable and livable.
Say it louder.
I've lived in New Orleans for over 10 years now and am still living here and loving it and to your point, it is not for everyone, but I can't see myself living anywhere else. One thing that I wanted to add about walking and biking here is that yes most neighborhoods are walkable with few exceptions (mostly NOLA East), but another factor is that with most of the city being at or below sea level means that there are pretty much no hills here, which makes biking and walking longer distances much easier, which is another reason why this is one of the best walking cities in America.
Nice overview! NOLA gets a bad rap in the media for the crime, corruption, hurricanes, infrastructure, etc., but it's a very unique city. There is nowhere else like it. It's a city that can be miserable to live in according to people living on the edge financially, but a really interesting and fun city for others. As it is everywhere else it's circumstantial, but probably more enhanced in NOLA. I almost moved there...literally a few months before Katrina. Glad I backed out back then, but still have a thing for that city.
Thank you! It’s polarizing similar to SF. It can’t be beat if you have the means but really tough for the less fortunate. If it weren’t for hurricanes it would be the best city in the south by a long shot.
@@cities4ppl Totally agree. I'd love to live there, at least for awhile, but man those hurricanes are coming fast and furious these days.
I wouldn't live there, but love visiting! A Mandina's shout out, with one of the best catfish poboy sandwiches......!
I lived in New Orleans for 7 years and I fell in love and joined a Mardi Gras Krewe. I got to know it from joining a social bike group. Didn’t need a car there. Thanks for featuring it.
I love to hear that. It’s easy to focus on all the negative things about a place like New Orleans but it’s unmistakably special.
Great overview of my sister city down the Mississippi! ❤
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Haircut looks fresh!
Ayyy let’s go! Thanks man.
Cincinnati next?
We shall see!
As an LGBTQ person, I could never live in Louisiana. The city does look nice and now I've found another urbanist youtube channel for my collection.
I respect that. Louisiana is decades behind in many ways smh.
Louisiana as a whole might not be great for gay people, but NOLA is one of the gayest cities in the country. Don’t get NOLA confused with the rest of Louisiana: very different cultures in a lot of ways
@@craz5634 It is a city that I would love to visit someday.
I thought new Orleans was really expensive
Not at all. Certainly there are some more expensive areas but in general it’s a good value for a certain type of person.
As a blind person, I would never live in the city of NOLA. Too much crime. The streets are terrible quality, lots of traffic. No subway system.
Can’t blame ya there. It is affordable for a reason. Only a handful of cities have subways and I hear so much complaining about the crime or delays. As a blind person, what are the better cities?