> If you are within walking distance of vast forests and mountains I would argue you're almost per definition not in the suburbs any more. We may be thinking d

> If you are within walking distance of vast forests and mountains I would argue you're almost per definition not in the suburbs any more. We may be thinking different scales of “vast” here, but where I grew up in the suburbs of Boston, I could walk 5 minutes from my doorstep and be on a pretty much endless network of nature trails running through the forest, along rivers and ponds. I spent a decent portion of my childhood and teenage years goofing off in the woods with friends away from adult supervision. A lot of New England suburbs are like that.