4 ms·
Isn't the entire Bay Area (outside of SF/Oakland) basically one huge suburb?
by FT_intern 10y ago
Isn't the entire Bay Area (outside of SF/Oakland) basically one huge suburb?
- _delirium 10y agoEven a good part of SF proper (maybe 1/3 or so) feels pretty suburban to me. Two-story single-family homes, each with a private garage as the most prominent feature of the ground floor frontage. Granted, they're more "old-style" suburban homes. On smaller lots and with smaller yards, on a grid street plan, more like what '40s-'60s style suburbs looked like. Not the style popular since the '80s with big houses on huge lots on a cul-de-sac. But not exactly urban, either.
- refurb 10y agoI think this is accurate. I'd say most of the west half of SF feels like a suburb. Takes forever to get downtown, tons of traffic and no jobs there. I'd also say it's on big suburb from SF to SJ, plus the other side of the bay.
- johan_larson 10y agoYes. There are a few areas in SF, San Jose, and the east bay that are built up enough to feel truly urban, but the rest is low-rise and therefore quintessentially suburban.
- TulliusCicero 10y agoYes, but people want to go there for the jobs, not because they think it has a great urban form. A lot of people would love to see more compact, walkable neighborhoods in the bay area, but old-timer residents often fight zoning changes tooth and nail, because they want their neighborhoods to stay frozen in time.