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inLa has alot of burbs with "old towne" districts most people dont know about. They've been revitalized in the last 15-20 years.
Then you have all the beach communties which are pretty charming.
NYC, Boston, Philly probably have more these though.
If you throw in interesting, I would say la because of all the international districts, attractions, etc.
I'll go with somewhere in the NE - Philadelphia, Boston, and some around NYC for this. I mean hell, I've even been to charming small towns in Vermont (like Manchester). There are some charming suburbs in LA (parts of Pasadena for example), though I wouldn't say any more than an area like Chicago which actually has a number of charming suburbs too. DC has some areas too - I love Alexandria, VA for example. IMO suburbs that have districts built up pre-war are the nicest - and the ones that are even older than that, like you'll mainly find in the NE and have been preserved well are best.
Not only due to having a preponderance of pre-war/train-oriented/human-scaled suburbs, but the amount of permanently preserved open space/farmland in such large urban areas, interspersed with fascinating historic structures, truly sets these cities' suburbs apart in terms of charm/ambiance.
Boston and Philly suburbs, in particular, both have fairly strict zoning in place that prevents over-development and high-rise development outside of the urban core (which is good in the sense that this places more development pressure on the cities and more developed suburban hubs, keeping them more dense/walkable).
For the most charming suburbs in the US, look no further than the suburbs of Philadelphia! I could have also gone with Boston and New York City, but Philly has some of the best, most dense, most walkable, most transit-accessible suburbs that one will find. For example, Media (county seat of Delaware County) is the ONLY suburb in the US that has a true "Main Street". State Street still has a trolley that runs almost along its entire length, capturing a "Main Street" feel that no other US suburb can match. The Main Line suburbs (running along the Amtrak/SEPTA Keystone Corridor and US 30) are some of the best suburbs that one will find anywhere in the US!
I don't want to live a suburban lifestyle anytime soon, but Philly (with Boston and NYC not too far behind) would be my top choice. With those three cities, a suburbanite also has access to the aforementioned cities, which are three of the best in the US themselves!
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