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Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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^^^ Silver Spring is way more urban downtown than Houston. You just proved it. Again you've taken more Kool-aid and thrown this thread off topic completely. The entire premise of all of this past stretch of pages was to say that DC suburbs like Bethesda are places of urbanity period point blank. I don't know why else this is being debated. We already had an entire different thread comparing DC suburbs and Boston's specifically, and discussing the differences of new age urbanism vs older urban suburbs. You're just reiterating the same points from that thread which have nothing to do with this one discussing "prestige".
I have been all over this country. When I'm in Silver Spring, MD I feel like I'm on the East Coast in DC's suburban shadow, not like I'm in the Sunbelt.
Clinton, MD is 20 mins outside of the Beltway of DC. Not sure why that's even being brought up here.
It's because he mentioned Robbins, IL in a response to a poster about "inner ring suburbs." Robbins is a suburb on the far South Side, near the Indiana border. Nobody would consider it an inner-ring suburb.
Clinton is 20 mins+ away from DC. Robbins is at least 20 mins, probably 30-40 mins from the core of Chicago. It is not considered an "inner-ring" suburb.
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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It's because he mentioned Robbins, IL in a response to a poster about "inner ring suburbs." Robbins is a suburb on the far South Side, near the Indiana border. Nobody would consider it an inner-ring suburb.
Clinton is 20 mins+ away from DC. Robbins is at least 20 mins, probably 30-40 mins from the core of Chicago. It is not considered an "inner-ring" suburb.
In regular DMV traffic, Clinton is almost 40mins-1 hr from core or DT DC, it would take 20 mins to get from the Beltway to Clinton on most days, but yes I hear you.
^^^ Silver Spring is way more urban downtown than Houston. You just proved it. Again you've taken more Kool-aid and thrown this thread off topic completely. The entire premise of all of this past stretch of pages was to say that DC suburbs like Bethesda are places of urbanity period point blank. I don't know why else this is being debated. We already had an entire different thread comparing DC suburbs and Boston's specifically, and discussing the differences of new age urbanism vs older urban suburbs. You're just reiterating the same points from that thread which have nothing to do with this one discussing "prestige".
I have been all over this country. When I'm in Silver Spring, MD I feel like I'm on the East Coast in DC's suburban shadow, not like I'm in the Sunbelt.
My point has always been it's not the same style of urbanity and it stands in contrast to the "streetcar suburbs" of the Northeast. Its urbanity is the same modern style development as urban areas of the Sunbelt. Thats obvious.
Wide streets modern architecture, chains, office space.
Every city has some but its the only urbanity around for most of the Sunbelt as well as suburban DC-save Old Towne and maybe small bits of Hyattsville.
It's because he mentioned Robbins, IL in a response to a poster about "inner ring suburbs." Robbins is a suburb on the far South Side, near the Indiana border. Nobody would consider it an inner-ring suburb.
Clinton is 20 mins+ away from DC. Robbins is at least 20 mins, probably 30-40 mins from the core of Chicago. It is not considered an "inner-ring" suburb.
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