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View Poll Results: Sunbelt suburb or nothern suburbs?
Sunbelt burb 46 41.07%
nothern burbs 66 58.93%
Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-23-2013, 12:47 PM
 
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Examples of Sunbelt Suburbs in the US:

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf2c1a911.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8b0c2ad2.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps5b5fb1f9.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2cea98e3.jpg

or Northern Suburbs:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2b197bcc.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf3d79aa5.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps105fb62e.jpg

what style of housing and suburb do u prefer?

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Old 06-23-2013, 12:56 PM
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Funny...Atlanta is a Sunbelt city and has nothing that looks like the 'Sunbelt' pics. Rather, the 'Northern' pics could be any Atlanta suburb.
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Old 06-23-2013, 01:02 PM
 
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Funny...Atlanta is a Sunbelt city and has nothing that looks like the 'Sunbelt' pics. Rather, the 'Northern' pics could be any Atlanta suburb.
I was referring to Florida, Arizona, California suburbs.
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Old 06-23-2013, 01:59 PM
 
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I really don't like the look of the sunbelt suburbs, largely because I see them all the time. The northern suburbs have character and I guess they are just a classic look in my opinion. As far as the interior goes in many of these home, the design doesn't make a whole of sense.
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Old 06-23-2013, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Funny...Atlanta is a Sunbelt city and has nothing that looks like the 'Sunbelt' pics. Rather, the 'Northern' pics could be any Atlanta suburb.
Exactly - they could all be in the South.
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Old 06-23-2013, 02:51 PM
 
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Funny...Atlanta is a Sunbelt city and has nothing that looks like the 'Sunbelt' pics. Rather, the 'Northern' pics could be any Atlanta suburb.
Agreed. The Piedmont South looks just like the "northern" pics.

The only areas of the country that have lots of stucco, as well as lots of palms, are, as one poster mentioned, southern California, Arizona, and Florida. The rest of the "Sunbelt" looks nothing like those "Sunbelt" pics, but looks like typical "USA", but of which is classified in this thread as "northern".
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Old 06-23-2013, 03:04 PM
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A lot of northern suburbs don't look like your images, either. What about this one, for example:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Massa...244.6,,0,-0.99

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wakef...77.58,,0,-3.74
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Old 06-23-2013, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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I prefer the architecture of the sunbelt, over that of other regions. I just think Spanish/Mediterranean architecture is very bright, classy and inviting. This type of architecture however, is not just in California, Arizona, and Florida. There are plenty examples of this style throughout Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas as well.

I have always though that the south had prettier architecture, and that the north had prettier scenery.
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Old 06-23-2013, 03:37 PM
 
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A lot of northern suburbs don't look like your images, either. What about this one, for example:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Massa...244.6,,0,-0.99

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wakef...77.58,,0,-3.74
I agree. The pictures of northern suburbs the OP posted don't look like your typical middle-class northern suburbs, but rather upper-class northern suburbs. The links you posted are what the typical northeastern suburbs look like.

For me, it's a wash between upper-class northern suburbs and upper-class southern suburbs. But if comparing middle-class northern suburbs to middle-class southern suburbs, then I prefer the southern suburbs.
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Old 06-23-2013, 03:59 PM
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I was referring to Florida, Arizona, California suburbs.
Well, shoulda said so.
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