Anybody suggest a good city to visit that you do not need a car? Excluding Boston and NYC. Spending about 5 days there.Thanks.

Chicago or San Francisco.

San Francisco, Charleston, SC, Savannah, Ga, Chicago, Key West and South Beach.

Aloohaaa,
Ditto on SF and Chicago. But in SF, you better be in shape if you take on California, Powell, Lombard or any of the other 7 hills!
I'll be in Chicago Thursday to burn some shoe tread downtown.

We found New Orleans (in the fall) to be walkable, "street carable" with a lot of inexpensive taxi's. Taxi/shuttle from the airport doesn't cost arm/leg either.
Although, "walkable" sometimes turns into "stumblable" in NOLA.
Mahalo,
Kal

Williamsburg VA
You'll find motels & hotels walking distance from the rail/bus station, as well as Colonial Williamsburg. If summer, you have the R&R bus for $1.50/day unlimited use.

I would say Philadelphia and Charleston, S.C.

Although not in the US, don't forget Montreal and Quebec City!

Kal, Kal, Kal.....what are we going to do with you - Staggering around AGAIN?!?! I thought you were over that.....

Anyway, I agree with him on New Orleans, especially if you stay close to (or in) the Quarter.

Also, Washington DC. I've been there a bunch of times, but only once with a car.

suzzane, Forgot about good ol' DC. We have never rented a car there. Fly into Reagan and cab, Metro and shuttle it all over that fine city.

A lot of tourist stuff within walking distance...as long as it's not 95 degrees with 95% humidity!

Cindy, At least I can spell my name correctly this early in the a.m.! ;-)

Will be "walking thru New Orleans.." on 10-18 this year.
Kal

Kal:
Oh well, crap anyway. That's what I get for picking on youuuuuu.
As I just told you, 36 days to New Orleans and we'll be walking our little midwest legs off

Here's another vote for Chicago. Great walking city!

Sandra:

I'd say D.C. If you get tired of walking there is an excellent subway system that takes you just about everywhere within the city or to the suburbs.

Another vote for my favorite city, DC. So much to see and do, yet so easily accessible by metro, bus, or foot.

I was going to start with Boston and NY, but...So, I would have to say DC. Its made for walking. And if anything is too far, take a taxi or the metro.

In the South, New Orleans is the only city of size that's truly "walkable," I think.

How about the Canadian cities? Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are all walker-friendly.

Washington DC, San Francisco (lived in both of these places for a while & didn't have a car), South Beach, Florida, Key West, Florida

Dan, aside from NO, both Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina are cities in the south that are "walkable". Geography wise, both Key West and South Beach are in the South and walkable.

Philadelphia is a great city for visiting without a car. There are many beautiful streets to walk through, parks everywhere, and it's basically flat. Once, in my younger and leaner days, I walked all the way from Chestnut Hill to Society Hill.