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what is interesting to me is that many are calling these LA places the best suburbs while in other threads they also call them the urban portions of LA
fundamentally it comes down to what people prefer in suburbs. Its tough to compare EC burbs to LA (even SF would draw better comparisons with some of their rail burbs in places like Burlingame etc. then LA ones in general)
A lot of the EC burbs have an old town center and leafy lots surrounding them
Many ec burbs also are soulless like anywhere else too.
Just read they may ban cell phones and devices on this line in total
they should call it the wine train
It would have been wicked cool had they been able to bore all the way to the new transbay terminal, too bad they dont have an extra 20 billion lying around.
Which top 15 MSA has the most interesting or charming suburbs?
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Originally Posted by kidphilly
what is interesting to me is that many are calling these LA places the best suburbs while in other threads they also call them the urban portions of LA
fundamentally it comes down to what people prefer in suburbs. Its tough to compare EC burbs to LA (even SF would draw better comparisons with some of their rail burbs in places like Burlingame etc. then LA ones in general)
A lot of the EC burbs have an old town center and leafy lots surrounding them
I don't really care whether it is considered urban or suburban, the LA area may have interesting suburbs but not so much what I would consider to be charming.
Much of the architecture built after WW2 stinks out loud compared to the pre-war architecture when architects and builders actually cared about their reputations. Little downtown areas, old historic churches and buildings, active railroad stations, a downtown park makes a charming suburb not houses built in the 1970s. Much of these type suburbs can be found in the suburbs of Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, WDC and Chicago - not as much LA.
Much of the architecture built after WW2 stinks out loud compared to the pre-war architecture when architects and builders actually cared about their reputations. Little downtown areas, old historic churches and buildings, active railroad stations, a downtown park makes a charming suburb not houses built in the 1970s. Much of these type suburbs can be found in the suburbs of Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, WDC and Chicago - not as much LA.
Commercial areas 50s and later tend to be of the strip mall / big box store sort not a downtown style. Often it's illegal to build in an old downtown format in many suburbs because of parking requirements.
How can you compare lists??? Do you know what 320 million other know?
Lists of famous suburbs for different metros.
This forum is so weird.
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Which top 15 MSA has the most interesting or charming suburbs?
