Philadelphia Magazine has information about Pottstown and the best walkable towns in the Philadelphia region.
Sandy Smith writes for Philadelphia Magazine that there are a number of suburbs in the Philadelphia area where a low-car diet may be followed without too much difficulty, and one particular town in Montgomery County meets the description.
Pottstown, after James Potts, who founded a rolling mill and iron forge in upper Montgomery County in the early eighteenth century.
The food scene in the neighborhood is modest but fantastic. The professional theater, Steel River Playhouse, is located in a former retail space. Additionally, parkland lines the Schuylkill River as it passes through the municipality. Additionally, Pottstown is home to the esteemed Hill School The second-oldest wooden carousel in the nation still in operation, the vintage Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel, is a fun attraction for kids.
Pottstown has its own municipal bus system, Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART), even though there is only one SEPTA route that passes through the town. Its five routes cover the entire borough as well as Boyertown, Gibbstown, and Pottsgrove Township, which are nearby.
The overall Walk Score for Pottstown is a 60, whereas lower-class residential districts have a score of 80.
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