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Location: Detroit's eastside, downtown Detroit in near future!
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I never thought of my city neighborhoods as suburban until C-D. I guess having a lawn, garage, trees etc makes a neighborhood suburban in appearance so I'd say Detroit definitely has some of those, well according to C-D posters lol.
So as far as Detroit goes I'd say the vast majority of the neighborhoods are like that.
a few pictures
typical neighborhoods look like this (suburban looking I guess)
Location: Philly suburbs or Jersey Shore or Philadelphia
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Not which city has the best suburbs, but rather which city has neighborhoods that truly feel like they could be in the suburbs. These are a couple that come to mind:
16th Street Heights (DC)
Chestnut Hill (Philly)
I think Philly and DC are two of the cities who have the least suburban-looking neighborhoods (and the fewest). Cities like Jacksonville, Charlotte, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix are realllllly suburban.
I think Philly and DC are two of the cities who have the least suburban-looking neighborhoods (and the fewest). Cities like Jacksonville, Charlotte, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix are realllllly suburban.
It comes down to the fact that every U.S. city has neighborhoods within the city limits that look suburban.
It comes down to the fact that every U.S. city has neighborhoods within the city limits that look suburban.
Yeah but in cities like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte (pretty much every southern city) 95% of the cities neighborhoods are suburban looking and feeling. Charlotte for example only has like 5 neighborhoods that are urban out of hundreds. Suburban neighborhoods (Real suburban neighborhoods not like the pics ppl posted of Philly an DC here) surround the downtown core and extend all the way to the suburbs which have more of a rural feel than suburban in the south in almost every southern city.
People saying NYC, Philly or even DC really need to get out more.
I never thought of my city neighborhoods as suburban until C-D. I guess having a lawn, garage, trees etc makes a neighborhood suburban in appearance so I'd say Detroit definitely has some of those, well according to C-D posters lol.
So as far as Detroit goes I'd say the vast majority of the neighborhoods are like that.
a few pictures
typical neighborhoods look like this (suburban looking I guess)
The top and bottom picture are the only ones that would be considered suburban in the south. The rest of the pics have much smaller yards, less green space and the houses are much closer together than even most "inner city" neighborhoods in the south.
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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Yeah but in cities like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte (pretty much every southern city) 95% of the cities neighborhoods are suburban looking and feeling. Charlotte for example only has like 5 neighborhoods that are urban out of hundreds. Suburban neighborhoods (Real suburban neighborhoods not like the pics ppl posted of Philly an DC here) surround the downtown core and extend all the way to the suburbs which have more of a rural feel than suburban in the south in almost every southern city.
I think most Sunbelt cities are like that... or pretty much any American city that did most of its growing after the mid-20th century. It's simply because suburban-style, lower-density neighborhoods were the preferred mode of development going forward after that point, due to cheap oil and the subsequent rise of the automobile as the primary means of transportation in those years. It really has less to do with being inside or outside of the city limits, and more to do with the era in which the development took place.
Also, the Sunbelt cities were typically not landlocked by suburbs, unlike most northeastern and midwestern cities. They had undeveloped land adjacent to them which could still be annexed and built upon, and the results were more "suburban" in character due to the reasons I mentioned above. Effectively, those cities built their "suburbs" within the city limits!
Yeah but in cities like Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte (pretty much every southern city) 95% of the cities neighborhoods are suburban looking and feeling. Charlotte for example only has like 5 neighborhoods that are urban out of hundreds. Suburban neighborhoods (Real suburban neighborhoods not like the pics ppl posted of Philly an DC here) surround the downtown core and extend all the way to the suburbs which have more of a rural feel than suburban in the south in almost every southern city.
People saying NYC, Philly or even DC really need to get out more.
perhaps its you that should get out more.
there are parts of ny that are so unlike what you would think would be within these boroughs that you'd think it was in the south, midwest, etc.
tornado damage from awhile back (you can see the type of houses, trees, etc. from the vid) http://youtu.be/CClJONTmj08
oh but i guess thats not good enough for the thread for some ppl.
Location: Cleveland bound with MPLS in the rear-view
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I think Observation has a point though, that NYC and Philly aren't the best cities to use to illustrate "suburban cities". There are far less urban examples in most other cities in the country. Frankly, that first pic looks like a park, too.....not a neighborhood.
...rather which city has neighborhoods that truly feel like they could be in the suburbs.
in which case neighborhoods such as forest hills clearly fit this thread.
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