What do you think of your suburbs?

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1. I enjoy it. I love having less crime, a tight nit community, a lot of space for my home and having access to plenty of parks in my area that aren’t trashed.

   But I don’t like living so far from some amenities, needing a car most of the time to get around and the lack of road structure for walking (though there are plenty of sidewalks, they don’t always connect and it’s still hard to cross the street to get to them).

   From living in the city to the suburbs, I prefer the suburbs, but still feel at home in a dense city.

2. Meh. Honestly, Disneyland feels like a fucking hometown more than even the place I grew up.

   At this point, I’m about to credit it for being there for me the most. I don’t have even the same feelings towards Phoenix.

3. They’re okay, I guess.

4. They’re fine. Not my thing, but they’re fine. Personally I prefer either “so urban that I don’t need to own a car” or “so rural I can test ordnance on my property without being bothered.”

5. That’s kind of a broad question.

   You’ve got suburbs with multimillion dollar homes and golf courses and then you’ve got suburbs with bars on the windows and shot spotters on the light poles. And everything in between.

   I live in a semi-rural suburb and I don’t see myself leaving any time soon, and if I do it’ll be to somewhere more rural rather than urban.

6. I hate them. I moved to the burbs a few years ago. Bought a house in a neighborhood and absolutely hated it. I’m back in the city now.

7. We invented them. What do you think of YOUR suburbs.

8. They were a logical progression given the political and economic shifts taking place at the time they were built, but with the benefit of hindsight they have very significant problems stemming from core aspects of their design, layout, and placement that wouldn’t be replicated if we knew what we know now back then.

9. I absolutely love living in my suburb and how easy it is to drive everywhere I care to go and hate the thought of living in a walkable city or way out in the country.

10. The suburbs are fine, but they are not for me.

11. Hate ’em, by and large. A wasteland, far from both cultural and natural amenities.

12. I’m very much *not* a fan of car dependence, or of having a lawn to mow.

13. Comfortable but boring. There’s a time and a place for that in life, but I’m glad I don’t live in one now.

14. I like them, especially older ones with larger lots.

    Lot with room for my workshop and garage, single family home I can call my own, distance from noisy/nosy neighbors, but close enough to stores that it’s not a hassle.

    They’re popular for a reason

15. My current home so? Normal?

16. I understand why the exist and it makes perfect sense given what was going on at the time. I even enjoy living in one.

    I am also keenly aware of the horrendous inefficiency, cost and waste involved in such areas compared to dense living.

    I will also note that a lot of the TV and reddit hate versions of “suburb” will give you a twisted view of what a great many of them are like, so I’m aware I may be giving a weird image when I say I like mine depending on what your comparing to.

17. I’m very happy in mine, although if I could afford it I’d love to live somewhere more isolated, like 2 or 3 acres.

18. I like my suburb specifically, I hate the other ones 😡😡

19. Not much. I grew up in one. Living in nyc

20. I like them, mostly good places to raise a family, low crime, close enough to shops etc. People on reddit hate them because they think we should live in hive cities from warhammer 40k.

21. I live in one, and it’s a really nice one – older houses (for CA), interesting architecture, great food, and shockingly walkable. But they’re not all like that ofc. Many suburbs all look the same, many have interesting characteristics (architecture, food, etc) of their own. They’re not all the same, nor are they created equal. Some are great, many are boring. But I guess that’s why some people prefer the suburbs anyways, it’s boring, safe, and convenient. The sprawl sucks tho.

22. I like mine, as most of them are built right outside of their parent city. I can easily see why the suburban sprawl seen in much bigger cities is unappealing to other people.

23. I love mine. I grew up here, and I came back now that I am older and married and ready to have kids.

24. they were nice when people hung out with their neighbors. nowadays people in the burbs largely keep to themselves and live in fear of the other, putting locks and cameras on everything. it’s a place to develop schizophrenia

25. I grew up in the Boston suburbs (Abington/Whitman) and I’m so grateful to have moved to Maine for school and stayed. I hate the fast pace of life down south. There’s 2000 people in my town and probably half as many cows. Nice quiet neighbors or none at all.

26. Suburbs vary a lot throughout the country. No complaints from a New England perspective.