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I think most of the USA and alot of the world live in dense suburban homes. My old home when I was growing up was in a dense suburban neighborhood in Oxnard, Ca the northern part of Southern California. My old neighborhood became run-down over the years and had issues. My dad then got a job in the Central Coast and we moved to a rural community and is still considered rural. My current neighborhood is higher density rural with a cul-de-sac with each person owning an acre.
Now, I found myself wanting to live in a dense suburban community again just a nicer dense suburban community than the one my family is originally from.
My question is, what type of things do you enjoy in the suburbia life? For me, I dislike the half hour drive to decent shopping and dining. My area is mostly rural and low-density suburbia. The two cities surrounding me have some strip malls, but most of the retail is surrounded by each town's Walmart.
Half hour away is a denser suburban community with a true mixed-use urban core, and three strip malls with one under construction and a fifth planned. The town doesn't have a mall, but has five strip malls and a downtown with mall stores to make up for the lack of a mall. The homes in this community are denser, older, and there is more traffic. The families usually have outdoor happening like picnics and bike rides and trips to the beach. I eventually plan to live in this community.
The things I love about suburbia are:
-family picnics
-family bike rides and joggers
-large churches
-Costco, Macy's, Sear's, Trader Joes, Olive Garden, Hometown Buffet (family big box stores)
-City politics
-dense homes
-old homes from 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
-modern looking movie theaters
Some cons to suburbia are of course: increased crime, traffic, and lack of character. Of course, some nicer communities have offset traffic to reasonable amounts and less crime. AKA planned cities/towns, college towns/cities, boomburbs, coastal suburban cities/towns
You don't like old homes? They are cheaper, unique, and usually in dense communities. If ya have the money newer homes are nice and sometimes there aren't many new homes in small cities like mine. 45,000 population and only 1,000 new population every 10 years.
My house was built in the 1870s, I didn't realize houses from the 80s and 90s were old.
I live in what I would call "a dense suburban community" and I can relate to none of this. We have shopping, food, etc in the town center and everyone is within 10 minutes of there, this is the case with most towns around.
If I ever owned a house in typical suburbia, I'd like to build a ginormous, 2nd story deck facing towards the street and put potato cannons in cupolas.
This way, I could ruin the mood by shouting things at people on the street and look down on them like an overseer.
The potato cannons are more of a weapon of fear and not to be used should code-enforcement try to breach the fortress with a tank.
Yes, despite the flaws many see, I think it's better to have all the fun you want with suburbia!!!
You don't like old homes? They are cheaper, unique, and usually in dense communities. If ya have the money newer homes are nice and sometimes there aren't many new homes in small cities like mine. 45,000 population and only 1,000 new population every 10 years.
Yes there are older homes, but I think a majority of homes out there 1950s-1990s (housing boom)
Yes, but the point is/was that a house that is from as late as 1999 and only 12 years old is not an 'old house'. It's not brand new, but it's not in any way old, not even 'older'. Hell, even a house built in 1981; 30 years hence, I wouldn't call 'old'.
Yes, but the point is/was that a house that is from as late as 1999 and only 12 years old is not an 'old house'. It's not brand new, but it's not in any way old, not even 'older'. Hell, even a house built in 1981; 30 years hence, I wouldn't call 'old'.
So what do you call something that's not new and something not old? semi-old?
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