Meant to reply to this over the weekend, but my baby girl smashed my phone so… I got a new phone.
Many people have mentioned if you want your neighborhood to have sidewalks everywhere, there are very few options in the greater Hsinchu area.
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The area between the Highway 1 and the Hsinchu HSR station in Zhubei. You may extend that to a small area beyond Highway 1 hugging the Touqian river. The areas are called Liujia (六家) and Shixing (十興).
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The area around Costco called Guanpu (關埔), and the most expensive Guanxin (關新) area.
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If you want to live closer to downtown Hsinchu, then there are some nice apartment complexes along Gongdao 5 rd. (公道五路), near the Zhituqi (赤土崎) area, and sporadically extends towards A-mart and Zhongxiao RT-mart.
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Between Hsinchu Park (the zoo), and the back entrance of the train station, there are a couple of really nice buildings. If you have connections like the current Hsinchu mayor, you can buy it below market rate.
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There are a couple of really new complexes between Dongmen elementary school and Beida rd. (北大路), on either sides of Dongda rd. (東大路).
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If you want really really downtown, there are new complexes on Beimen st. (北門街), which give you walking access to the City God temple night market.
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There is an area near Nanya RT-mart, called Jinya (金雅重劃區), which is all brand new as well.
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If you don’t want to live that close to the city center, then Niupu (牛埔) area has some new housing complexes, and plenty of townhouses (透天) along a river.
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If that’s still too much city for you, the area around Qingcao lake (青草湖) has a lot of nice housing complexes as well as townhouses, if you don’t mind the humidity. Some of the townhouses are aging, but there are ones build within the last 15 years.
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Hop across the Jiadongjingguan blvd (茄苳景觀大道), there are a bunch of nice housing complexes, townhouses and even actual houses. It’s has a pretty rural feel to it, but in reality the city is just a 5-minute scooter ride away.