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I lived in Nashua and grew up there for half my childhood and always liked taking trips to Portland...It's nothing compared to Portland IMO. Very different cities...Portland has much more charm and more of it's Historic fabric was cherished and cultivated. Its streetscapes in the core are much...

Downtown New Bedford just got another wine bar by the way...Near No Problemo, same side...Looks really nice! Not sure if they're open yet but I walked by it the other day and looks awesome! I think it's called Crush Also, the old space that did not last very long as "Commons" on Purchase St...

I actually heard a representative from SRPEDD recently discuss this very same thing as a problem that will get addressed in the near future...matter of fact, part of the new transportation bill that Gov Patrick recently proposed had this as a problem area to get fixed...

Interesting discussion...One thing mentioned that stuck out to me is the idea of towns/cities competing with neighbors...Sad that Fall River had this competition with their neighbor about bringing in Sam Adams to the Southcoast...That would have been huge... I live in Fairhaven (just moved here...

Acushnet Ave is actually undergoing a major restructuring project right now which will drastically improve its streetscape. According to one person I spoke to involved in the plans, she mentioned bike lanes are not pictured but also part of the streetscape...I like the plan...

By the way, the Rt 18 project is ahead of schedule and due to complete this year...Should be a drastic difference from what we've been used to...A separate bike/pedestrian lane will also be eradicated along the water front...Can't wait to see the finish work!

While on the topics of streetcars, I just watched the History Detectives on PBS and they did some investigating work to find out how and why ever so popular American Electric Streetcar got killed... Pretty much, it was found GM and their aggressive expansion of the automobiles is what did it...

I have heard that there are plans for that lot...I think the mention was for a public space and if I'm not mistaking, it was either the Parks dept that mentioned it or the National Park Services...Can't recall

This camera shot is pretty awesome...Now if we can just get the new New Bedford leaders (Mitchell & co) to put a bike lane in that bridge on this shot to connect to Fairhaven's bike path that will eventually lead to Cape Cod... Look out for new improvements to the whole Southcoast in bike & ped...

Yeah...not many hotels...There quite a few Bed & Breakfasts in town. Including the Herman Melville house which wife and I stayed in past...

Both cities from my observation have their fair share of interesting "locals". One thing you both forgot to mention is a huge difference between the two cities though...Portland has the Canadian draw from all the tourists who hop the border to visit the Maine seacoast to spend tons of tax...

New Bedford can take a lot of tips from Portland's revitalized city. Although New Bedford will never be a Portland due to it not being the mid sized scaled city Portalnd is, they are very similar in ways as far what its assets are. I just went to Portland last night for the first time in 5...

Nice! It would be cool if they somehow made a path for bikers/runners/rollerbladers like in other waterfront pedeestrian projects seen around the nation...I hope they consider this! I also hope they eventually create a series of bike paths that would allow bikers to get around the city a little...

That was the only rendering and location I really liked to see in New Bedford as far as casinos go...I love those renderings and actually persuaded me to think differently on the casino to New Bedford proposal. I just have a negative thinking of casinos in a city after being to Atlantic City and...

Another great idea to bring more business to the working waterfront New Bedford and Fairhaven share:

B's win!!!! Idea to make New Bedford's hurricane barrier an attraction that will prob not come to fruition but a good idea anyways:

Thanks so much for all the insights and news on New Bedford...It would be great if you could do a blog on news/happenings on New Bedford instead of that food blog you started....Maybe after you're done with school that can be a project...There was one started in the revitalizing city I used to...