"Best suburban downtown" in US? (2015, high school)

[nei]

Originally Posted by mhays25

pnguy2, I like Bellevue and have been pretty clear on that. But #1 will be more urban in my mind. I'm basing that on actually being there.

A friend visited Bellevue and didn't think much of it; found it somewhat pedestrian unfriendly and few walked there.

[mhays25]

Not surprising. In Bellevue's defense it's densifying at a high rate. The number of pedestrians and general feeling of urbanity are very different now than even a couple year ago. But it still has a lot of gaps and the parking per building isn't at true urban levels, though it's quite a bit less than some major downtowns on a square foot basis.

Clayton has one highrise apartment under construction that I'm aware of.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by grogers385

My definition of suburb is areas developed after ww2.

Suburbs have been around since way before then.

[Katarina Witt]

In the metro Denver area-Boulder, followed by d/t Littleton, also d/t Castle Rock.

[shunketsu]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Decatur, GA is also one that should be mentioned.

I found Downtown Decatur, GA to be extremely underwhelming, even for a "suburb".

[chiatldal]

Originally Posted by shunketsu

I found Downtown Decatur, GA to be extremely underwhelming, even for a "suburb".

How is that even possible when suburbs don't really suppose to have downtown?



Downtown Decatur by no means is big or would hold a kindle to so of these suburban CBD looking like main cities, but it's just 20,148

Many of Atlanta suburbs out date Atlanta. They was existing small satellite towns before Atlanta expand.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by shunketsu

I found Downtown Decatur, GA to be extremely underwhelming, even for a "suburb".

You're entitled to your opinion but I think most would disagree with you.

[ckhthankgod]

I'm surprised that Lakewood OH hasn't been mentioned yet. Nyack NY is a smaller suburb that comes to mind.

[ryan_ninenine]

Aren't all the places people are naming in here technically cities though? Bellevue and Boulder are absolutely considered seperate cities.

This has got to be a hard question to genuinely answer because when I think of a suburban "downtown" or just the center of a suburban area, I can only think of like a collection of restaurants and strip malls.

[mhays25]

Boulder is a separate city much like Salem for example. But Bellevue isn't...it's a wedge of postwar suburbia that happens to have the Seattle area's secondary downtown in it.