Reply #25: All depends on the suburb. [View All]

Cookie cutter subdivisions an hour's drive from the city are NOT suburbs. They are sprawl.

I live in a suburb, right up against the city. Downtown is 7 minutes away by car, 20 by bus. The suburb was built in the 19th century, and has expanded and rebuilt itself over time. My neighborhood was built in the 40's and 50's. It was originally a farm, then a gold course/country club, then a neighborhood. I know many of my neighbors. We can walk the kids to school. We can walk to shopping. We can walk to parks. There is adequate (bus) public transportation, although light rail would be nice.

So don't all you citified folks generalize.

MY suburb rocks. Oh, yeah, and we went blue in a blue county in a blue state.

RL