• BussyCat@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    3 hours ago

    The American style suburbs where you have just single family homes and the closest stores are 5 miles away?

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      21 minutes ago

      I live in the suburbs. The older kids can bike to the local Walmart (save it) as there is a pedestrian tunnel that crosses under the main road, providing a complete pedestrian/bike path from one end of the town to the other.

      I’d prefer if we had more of those, but it’s something.

      • BussyCat@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        13 minutes ago

        That’s amazing you guys have actual transit infrastructure, near me you can find that in towns and cities but as soon as you get to the cookie cutter suburban developments you need to take 45mph roads with little to no shoulder to get to any stores

    • bluGill@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 hours ago

      Most suburbs a store is not that far. you will often drive more than that for a store you like but something is closer.

      american suburb covers a lot of variation. If you have a horse as some of the least dense support that is different from ones where you get a postage stamp lot. Streetcar suburbs designed before cars are ess dense than the new developments they are putting is around me today.