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Where are the sidewalks? Where are all the trees in the yards? Yuck.
Which photos are you referring to? Some have sidewalks...some have trees in the yards. Generally, newer homes have immature trees and shrubs because of the recent construction...although sometimes developers will make attempts to save some larger trees.
It's amazing to me that so many people on these forums bash suburbs, especially newer ones. I (like many others) happen to love new suburban areas. It's just great to see brand new houses (yes, even cookie cutters), with their new landscaping, new shopping centers on every corner (I don't care if they are chain stores that can be found all over the country- it's GOOD to have so many of them, so we don't have to go very far to get to many of these stores!)
jm31828 i agree! I mean who really cares if a house is 100 years old and its in historic neighborhood if the house is small and area is in many cases run down. I prefer to drive an hour and live in a big new house Trees are not important for me lol
You're right, and if you think about it, many of these "older" neighborhoods were considered suburbs not more than maybe 50-70 years ago. Give these new neighborhoods time. Many may never have sidewalks, but give the trees a chance to mature, and they won't seem so bad anymore.
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I've always wondered why suburbs in more land poor areas like New England & New York have more generous lot/yard sizes than suburbs out west which have accessability to much more land to build on. A lot of suburbs in Seattle houses are stacked up very close, same in Denver which has abundant land to build on.
caphillsea thats true.
pictures from suburbs in new york (not nyc lol) had much larger yards. However most of northeastern suburbs dont have sidewalks which is a bit stupid.
I was on a business trip in Dallas a couple of months ago and I noticed quite a few very new and upscale suburban homes on such small lots. These were very large 2-story brick houses. These houses looked liked they belong on a couple of acres, not a small lot. I just don't understand this, especially in Texas where everything is supposed to be big.
Atlanta, Seattle, and Syracuse look sidewalk-less in these pix.
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Trees are not important for me lol
