Lower Garden District Listed as One of the Best in the U.S.

HotSpot Rentals has started to rank the best neighborhoods across the country for 2017. While the year may not be over, they have already introduced their list of the 25 Hottest Neighborhoods in America.

They looked at the budget, entertainment, climate, transit, walkability, lifestyle and entertainment to rank their neighborhoods. The goal was to find the best 25 neighborhoods when it came to day-to-day living.

Lower Garden District Comes in at #21

While it may not be up towards the beginning of the list, the Lower Garden District in New Orleans did make it into the top 25. It came in at #21 with a walkability score of 91, weather score of 75 and budget core of 82.

The overall score for the neighborhood was a 73, which was lowered by the transit score of 33. However, the lifestyle score came in at 69 and the entertainment score came in at 55.

To put things in perspective, #22 on the list was Wicker Park in Chicago, which also had an overall score of 73. It had a much higher transit score compared to the Lower Garden District. Had the transit score been higher for this New Orleans neighborhood, it probably would have cracked the top 15 or top 10.

One of the Most Walkable Neighborhoods in New Orleans

Along with the study done by HotSpot Rentals, Curbed.com looked at the most walkable neighborhoods in New Orleans. French Quarter takes the top spot, to no surprise, followed by the Central business District and Marigny.

Coming in at #4 was the Lower Garden District, which is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in New Orleans. The walkability score helped the neighborhood land in the top 25 on the list from HotSpot Rentals, too.

While the Lower Garden District doesn’t score well for transit, it makes up for it with walkability. The neighborhood has low-traffic streets and includes a section of Magazine Street, which is one of the major streets for commercial activity in all of New Orleans. Overall, it’s a hot neighborhood with plenty to offer for those relocating to the New Orleans area.