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Old 10-08-2010, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Yeah. Oak Park is dense but is urban. Same as Evanston. But Maywood is dense but very suburban.
Oak Park was actually the neighborhood I was thinking of. As far as density, I would imagine it's pretty close to the Montrose and Rice Village area in Houston which is practically the hart of the city.

 
Old 10-08-2010, 01:11 PM
 
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Oak Park was actually the neighborhood I was thinking of. As far as density, I would imagine it's pretty close to the Montrose and Rice Village area in Houston which is practically the hart of the city.
Rice Village is very suburban.
 
Old 10-08-2010, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Rice Village is very suburban.
I didn't say it wasn't....
 
Old 10-08-2010, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Evanston, oak park, berwyn, cicero, maywood, parts of melrose park, parts of forest park, etc. Are all dense suburbs.

I never understood why people assume sprawling cookie cutter homes when suburbs are mentioned.
There are different types.
 
Old 10-08-2010, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Evanston, oak park, berwyn, cicero, maywood, parts of melrose park, parts of forest park, etc. Are all dense suburbs.

I never understood why people assume sprawling cookie cutter homes when suburbs are mentioned.
There are different types.
Who said otherwise? I think we all knew, well I knew, that Chicago's suburbs close to the city are pretty dense.
 
Old 10-08-2010, 02:24 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Evanston, oak park, berwyn, cicero, maywood, parts of melrose park, parts of forest park, etc. Are all dense suburbs.

I never understood why people assume sprawling cookie cutter homes when suburbs are mentioned.
There are different types.
I agree 100%
I how how the term "Suburbs" is always being used with such a broad brush. Souless, tacky, and stripmally is what a lot of urbanites think of "Suburbs" to feel superior.

The Chicago burbs you named are far from tacky and souless... Cept for Maywood... I've heard things
 
Old 10-08-2010, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Virginia Highland, GA
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How does every thread get turned inside out, where was Chicago mentioned?
 
Old 10-08-2010, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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I agree 100%
I how how the term "Suburbs" is always being used with such a broad brush. Souless, tacky, and stripmally is what a lot of urbanites think of "Suburbs" to feel superior.

The Chicago burbs you named are far from tacky and souless... Cept for Maywood... I've heard things
Mostly because when people think of suburbs today, they think of the Post WW2 suburbs. Suburbs like Oak Park do not come to mind. Suburbs like Schaumburg, Illinois, Katy, Texas, and more are what people think as suburbs and sadly, they make up the majority us suburbs I think. It's unfair but it's understandable.

Heck Houston Heights was once a nice inner ring suburb that had streetcars and was pretty vibrant before Houston annexed it. But even if it wasn't, many people would not look at it as "suburban" like they look at Katy.

Maywood..well...uh..yeah.
 
Old 10-08-2010, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I agree 100%
I how how the term "Suburbs" is always being used with such a broad brush. Souless, tacky, and stripmally is what a lot of urbanites think of "Suburbs" to feel superior.

The Chicago burbs you named are far from tacky and souless... Cept for Maywood... I've heard things
Maywood isn't soulless... it's just and evil soul.
 
Old 10-08-2010, 04:14 PM
 
Location: san francisco
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That's because a lot of Texans think in a backward way.
Kinda like with you and Reggaeton?
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