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View Poll Results: Which is the top northeastern U.S. suburb?
Westchester County (Bronxville, Scarsdale, Rye, Larchmont) 17 12.78%
Main Line (Gladwyne, Villanova, Merion Station, Bryn Mawr, Haverford) 22 16.54%
Western Boston Suburbs (Newton, Wellesley, Dover, Weston) 24 18.05%
DC's MD Suburbs (Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac) 11 8.27%
DC's VA Suburbs (McLean, Great Falls, Falls Church, Tyson's) 10 7.52%
North Shore, Long Island (Great Neck, Oyster Bay, Old Westbury) 10 7.52%
Gold Coast, CT (Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan) 39 29.32%
Voters: 133. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-04-2020, 11:58 AM
 
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Philadelphia does not sound southern. lol

No one in Philadelphia uses the word. Y'all or fixin.

Its more like a NYC light accent.

"Whads youz guyz want to eat TOnite."

Black people in NY say Y'all all the time. It's just not drawn out.
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Old 12-04-2020, 11:59 AM
 
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This should settle every side debate on this thread.

If you think Bethesda is urban, we're not even playing the same sport.

By Northeast and Chicago standards (since it got brought into this mix), Bethesda isn't urban. At all. It has a population density of 4,200. It is a walkable suburb with proper commercial coverage. But it's 100% suburban.

FYI- Northern Brookline, MA has a population density of 20,000. That is urban.

Reread what I posted. I said Bethesda is urban for a suburb. So is Old Town.
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:01 PM
 
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Ok now we're going too far...

This is not urbanity? 100% suburbia?

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9846...7i16384!8i8192

If that's not an "urban suburb" then I don't know what is. Plus it has an underground subway about 150 feet down at that same corner.

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Old 12-04-2020, 12:05 PM
 
Location: BMORE!
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True. Also those are some popular Chicken places! As you mentioned, Chick-fil-a started out as a local southern chain, but the Columbia Mall had a Chick-fil-a for as long as I can remember (definitely in the early 90s when I was young).

I think I first tried Bojangles and Church's Chicken when I went to North Carolina sometime in the early 2000's when I was in college, and I remember it being amazing. I believe that due to their popularity, they have branched out throughout the US (although probably not to the extent of Chick-fil-a).
I didn't know that about Columbia. Before maybe 15 years ago, I've never heard of chick fil a. The first, and only Church's Chicken that I've ever been to was in Philly.
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:06 PM
 
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Which really shows the vast difference in inner ring suburbs between a city like Boston/Chicago/NY/Philly and the suburbs in DC.
Not too far outside of Chicago

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6397...7i16384!8i8192
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Boston Philly NYC all have areas that might look similar not far from the city limits. less so Boston
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:12 PM
 
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Boston Philly NYC all have areas that might look similar not far from the city limits. less so Boston

All cities do. My point is, can you tell if this is in South Carolina or a few miles outside of the Chicago's city limits?
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:17 PM
 
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Reread what I posted. I said Bethesda is urban for a suburb. So is Old Town.
Wasn't replying to you.
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:28 PM
 
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This is urban. But it's the exact type of modern urbanity you won't find in near in NE "suburbs" but more so cities like Cambridge and Stamford.

Contrast that with dense urban upscale towns like Brookline: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3369...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3393...7i16384!8i8192

Many of more modest inner suburbs are streetcar suburbs turned independent cities are very urban without much modernity. But thats changing. They usually see more modern development and less preservation than upscale locales like Brookline or Newton.

Malden:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4266...7i16384!8i8192

Everett:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4266...7i16384!8i8192

Watertown:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3696...4!8i8192?hl=en

Medford:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4090...7i13312!8i6656

Quincy:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2740...7i16384!8i8192

To a lesser extent Dedham:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2546...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2516...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2481...7i16384!8i8192
Arlington - No, this is urban for a suburb!

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8951...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8949...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8915...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8872...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8533...7i16384!8i8192
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Old 12-04-2020, 12:41 PM
 
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade View Post
This is urban. But it's the exact type of modern urbanity you won't find in near in NE "suburbs" but more so cities like Cambridge and Stamford.

Contrast that with dense urban upscale towns like Brookline: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3369...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3393...7i16384!8i8192

Many of more modest inner suburbs are streetcar suburbs turned independent cities are very urban without much modernity. But thats changing. They usually see more modern development and less preservation than upscale locales like Brookline or Newton.

Malden:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4266...7i16384!8i8192

Everett:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4266...7i16384!8i8192

Watertown:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3696...4!8i8192?hl=en

Medford:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4090...7i13312!8i6656

Quincy:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2740...7i16384!8i8192

To a lesser extent Dedham:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2546...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2516...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2481...7i16384!8i8192
I simply asked a yes or no question, not asking for comparables. The poster stated "Bethesda is not urban", "It's 100% suburbia".

As a yes or no question, is this 100% suburbia, and not urban?

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9846...7i16384!8i8192
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