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Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Originally Posted by LovinDecatur
So hard to narrow it down; I'll tell you what suburban areas have impressed me the most (outside of Atlanta, of course):
New York: Bronxville, Scarsdale, Bernardsville, Greenwich, Darien, Southport, Rowayton
Philadelphia: Bala Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr, Chestnut Hill
San Francisco: Sausalito, Tiburon, Belvedere, Mill Valley, Atherton, Hillsborough
Seattle: Mercer Island, Medina, Vashon Island
Los Angeles: Beverly Hills, Brentwood, San Marino, Pacific Palisades, Bel Air
San Diego: La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe
Dallas: The Park Cities, Preston Hollow
Houston: River Oaks, Tanglewood
Miami: Coral Gables, Bal Harbour
Orlando: Winter Park, Windemere
Jacksonville: Ortega, Riverside, Ponte Vedra Beach, Atlantic Beach
Nashville: Bellemeade, Franklin
St. Louis: Clayton, Ladue
Boston: Marblehead, Beverly Farms
Chicago: Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Winnetka, Highland Park
Cleveland: Shaker Heights
Washington: Bethesda, McLean, Potomac
Charlotte: Myers Park, South Park
Yes awesome list with some very desirable communities
In Boston....
Concord, Milton, Newton, Brookline, Ipswich, & Cohasset are my favorites
in Washington DC, I would say Alexandria, VA is the most awesome suburb/satelite city I have I have ever seen. Best downtown, best metro rail system, lots of history and character. Both leafy suburban neighborhoods and pockets of urban highrises. Arlington, VA aint too shabby either.
Yes awesome list with some very desirable communities
In Boston....
Concord, Milton, Newton, Brookline, Ipswich, & Cohasset are my favorites
in Washington DC, I would say Alexandria, VA is the most awesome suburb/satelite city I have I have ever seen. Best downtown, best metro rail system, lots of history and character. Both leafy suburban neighborhoods and pockets of urban highrises. Arlington, VA aint too shabby either.
Agree on list Decator (nicely done) and agree on Old Town Alexandria - I miss King street
In terms of large, urban suburbs I would choose Los Angeles or Washington DC. In terms of quaint, quiet, "old country" suburbs Boston & New York are my favorites. I would assume Philadelphia would have very similar suburbs to Boston & New York but I've never been to any of them so I can't comment.
Definitely. I've been to plenty of suburbs around Boston and NY, and they all have a very similar mix of suburbs. Very urban, working-class, inner-suburbs (i.e., Upper Darby, Bristol, Chester), to very bucolic and quaint (i.e., Doylestown, West Chester, Media, etc.) to the highly exclusive enclaves of old money (i.e., Main Line).
Hi, let's make a poll that inlcudes St. Louis, Cleveland, San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Miami, and not include the Twin Cities, which are big as or bigger than all the ones I listed.
Alright I understand your mad, I am a little disappointed too - but the Twin Cities as big or bigger than Miami? No chance.
I do agree though, I would've liked to have seen some other Florida cities. Like Orlando which consistently has high rated suburbs on this poll. Or Tampa even. (either one of these by the way is closer in size to the twin cities)
Boston: what I like about the Boston suburbs is that most of them have their own identity, perhaps because they are so old and grew independent of Boston proper. I spent a year in Boston going to school. I lived in Malden, which isn't even one of the best known suburbs, and I found that relatively obscure city to have a wonderful history of its own.
In Boston....
Concord, Milton, Newton, Brookline, Ipswich, & Cohasset are my favorites
in Washington DC, I would say Alexandria, VA is the most awesome suburb/satelite city I have I have ever seen. Best downtown, best metro rail system, lots of history and character. Both leafy suburban neighborhoods and pockets of urban highrises. Arlington, VA aint too shabby either.
No this C-D forum just amplifies this nation's ignorance towards the Twin Cities.
Just like the pool keeper in San Diego that asked me in July "Does Minnesota even get a summer?, and do people have outdoor pools?"
Just like the girls I met in Philadelphia who asked "Is Minneapolis in Washington or Oregon?"
Just like the people in Florida who asked my mom "Do you still live in Igloos?, and How do you get around in the winter?"
With that being said, I wouldn't even vote the Twin Cities. Most of the suburbs are generic and boring. All are nice and clean, but duh it's suburbia.
My vote goes to Chicago. I like their turn of the century Suburbs.
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