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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Some suburbs in established cities (like NYC, Chicago and Boston) don't look like suburbs at all. They look like towns ("Anytown, USA Jerry - Oh you gotta mulch. You got to"), with a town center and independent restaurants. No strip malls. You know this.
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If it was mostly built out before 1950 (or so), it has a shot at being acceptable. I also almost don't hate some of the post-2000 planned communities that emulate a town, with entertainment and commercial centers in the middle, some retail options with sidewalks and bike trails. My FIL lives in one in Lincoln, NE that's okay thanks to two okay places to eat that he could walk two blocks to get to but doesn't.
Some of them go too far and turn too Stepford, though.
