What do you like about dense suburban communities and suburbia?

[Raphael07]

Any house built before WW2 can have the distinction of being called "Old". And the words dense and suburban typically don't go together.

[the city]

Originally Posted by Raphael07

Any house built before WW2 can have the distinction of being called "Old". And the words dense and suburban typically don't go together.

You can have dense suburbs compared to less dense suburbs found in ex-urbs or smaller towns.

[LauraC]

What kind of number are you talking about for population density? How many people per square mile? Just like we don't all agree on about the cutoff for small towns with population number, need clarification on what you consider to be a dense population. How many people per square mile?

I live in a town with a population of 29,330 as of this last 2010 census but my town has extremely low population density (343 people per square mile), comparatively speaking, because it sits on 85.5 square miles of land.

This compared to the town I used to live in that had a population less than where I live now but only sat on 5.02 miles of land and has a population density of 4,165 people per square mile.

I like the freedom of driving, just taking off on a whim, and being able to get out of town quickly/easily. That's what I like most about suburbia. I like that I park in lots, not parallel park, something I haven't done since my road test 35+ years ago.

But to compare a dense suburbia to a less dense suburbia, I need to know at what number you draw the line.

And BTW, my town has a lot of homes built during WWII.

[the city]

Originally Posted by LauraC

What kind of number are you talking about for population density? How many people per square mile? Just like we don't all agree on about the cutoff for small towns with population number, need clarification on what you consider to be a dense population. How many people per square mile?

I live in a town with a population of 29,330 as of this last 2010 census but my town has extremely low population density (343 people per square mile), comparatively speaking, because it sits on 85.5 square miles of land.

This compared to the town I used to live in that had a population less than where I live now but only sat on 5.02 miles of land and has a population density of 4,165 people per square mile.

I like the freedom of driving, just taking off on a whim, and being able to get out of town quickly/easily. That's what I like most about suburbia. I like that I park in lots, not parallel park, something I haven't done since my road test 35+ years ago.

But to compare a dense suburbia to a less dense suburbia, I need to know at what number you draw the line.

And BTW, my town has a lot of homes built during WWII.

3,000ppl per square mile would be dense suburban.

[bballniket]

What I most like about inner suburbia is that it is the new frontier of racial diversity and immigration.