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Other than the post office, all those businesses are clustered together along Forbes/Fifth, along with another commercial stretch on Craig Street. The park and library are not far from either commercial sub-sector and there are bank branches throughout Oakland. Perhaps it was just your particular branch that was inconvenient to everything else.
It was a long time ago; I don't remember all the details. I lived in a fairly residential area.
As for Denver, the neighborhood where we lived was not terribly walkable. Not that you couldn't walk, there just wasn't much to walk to, except a huge park. My daughter lived in a neighborhood near the U of Denver. As I said, lots of restaurants, but not a lot else within a short walk. Of course, it all depends on your definition of short, too.
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I think people hate on suburbs because they think they are just the stereotypical, bland, media-built image of the United States. I think it's ridiculous to say that...what i will say though is that suburbs pretty much anywhere you go in the United States are the same. The cities are what distinguish a metropolitan area more than the suburbs...in my case, St. Louis County and St. Louis City actually are separate political identities, so the suburbs of St. Louis on both the Missouri and illinois sides essentially function as their own cities...maybe that's why i have no objection to living in the suburbs.
I think people hate on suburbs because they think they are just the stereotypical, bland, media-built image of the United States. I think it's ridiculous to say that...what i will say though is that suburbs pretty much anywhere you go in the United States are the same. The cities are what distinguish a metropolitan area more than the suburbs...in my case, St. Louis County and St. Louis City actually are separate political identities, so the suburbs of St. Louis on both the Missouri and illinois sides essentially function as their own cities...maybe that's why i have no objection to living in the suburbs.
Many suburbs are their own incorporated cities with governments, and many still function as bedroom communities for the anchor city. There are few cities which are pretty independent from the anchor city, there's one or two in the average metro though.
Ok I agree that's a generalization but if I wanted to drive anywhere it took 10 minutes or more. I don't know many people who have every daily amenity within a 10 minute drive in the suburbs.
Really? And where do these people live?
Any suburb in Rochester you can get to any daily amenity in 10 minutes. Hell, in those 10 minutes you'll have several choices.
I think people hate on suburbs because they think they are just the stereotypical, bland, media-built image of the United States. I think it's ridiculous to say that...what i will say though is that suburbs pretty much anywhere you go in the United States are the same. The cities are what distinguish a metropolitan area more than the suburbs...in my case, St. Louis County and St. Louis City actually are separate political identities, so the suburbs of St. Louis on both the Missouri and illinois sides essentially function as their own cities...maybe that's why i have no objection to living in the suburbs.
Similarly, the City and County of Denver are one entity; the burbs are all in their own counties and most are incorporated as cities.
Alot of people hate suburbs because 95% of commercial buildings are cookie cutter chain stores and it's car-centric, you HAVE to get your driver's license at 16 or everything will be much harder for you.
Alot of people hate suburbs because 95% of commercial buildings are cookie cutter chain stores and it's car-centric, you HAVE to get your driver's license at 16 or everything will be much harder for you.
boo hoo.
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