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In no way do the suburbs have the quality and diversity of food that any urban core does. 0%. I've been in both, they simple do not compare.

vel0city 6y ago
There's little reason why it would be impossible to have though. I live in a suburb. You'd be hard pressed to think of a type of food that I couldn't get within a 15min drive. Rotating sushi restaurant? Check. Lebanese bakery? Check. Canadian poutine? Check. Noodle restaurant - you want Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese? Which of the half dozen hot pot restaurants would you want to go to? Don't forget to pick up some borscht from the Russian restaurant. Meanwhile I go downtown and there's less choice of restaurants than the suburb I live in. Turns out you don't have to live in San Fransisco or Manhattan to have more than just a McDonalds to eat at in the US. Many suburbs elsewhere may only have Applebees as the pinnacle of culture, but that is not a given. Not every city is the same around the world. Not every suburb is the same.
- Dahoon 6y ago
  A 10 minute walk is more realistic to compare the two. Jumping to a 15 minute drive makes it very apparent you are an American.
  - vel0city 6y ago
    The question posed was if a suburb could offer the quality and depth of food choices as compared to an urban area. In 10-15 minutes of travel in the suburban area where I live I can easily choose between over one hundred different restaurant choices. Practically any kind of food I can think of, I can probably take a pick between at least a couple of choices, probably several. Is that the same in your 10 minutes of walking?
bluGill 6y ago
My house has equal or better diversity of food than whatever city you live in. I cook it myself. If course my house needs to have a nice kitchen because I spend a lot of time there. Is the compromise worth it? I think so, but you may be different.
- NationalPark 6y ago
  Well, most people don't have a family member who is an expert chef in hundreds of different cuisines and willing to cook up meals to order on a whim.
- ska 6y ago
  I love cooking also and primarily rely on it to feed myself and others. And I'll at least try to cook nearly anything. Guests routinely praise the results highly; so far as I can tell this is genuine. There is no way in which I consider this a replacement for restaurants. Or vice versa. You can value both, one, or neither, but they aren't the same thing.
rhino369 6y ago
True, but that's mostly about the class of the people in those areas. Working class neighborhoods in dense urban areas aren't filled with a variety of great restaurants. If you took everyone in the suburbs and built them dense city neighborhoods they wouldn't suddenly have great places to eat.

vel0city 6y ago

There's little reason why it would be impossible to have though. I live in a suburb. You'd be hard pressed to think of a type of food that I couldn't get within a 15min drive. Rotating sushi restaurant? Check. Lebanese bakery? Check. Canadian poutine? Check. Noodle restaurant - you want Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese? Which of the half dozen hot pot restaurants would you want to go to? Don't forget to pick up some borscht from the Russian restaurant. Meanwhile I go downtown and there's less choice of restaurants than the suburb I live in. Turns out you don't have to live in San Fransisco or Manhattan to have more than just a McDonalds to eat at in the US. Many suburbs elsewhere may only have Applebees as the pinnacle of culture, but that is not a given. Not every city is the same around the world. Not every suburb is the same.

Dahoon 6y ago
A 10 minute walk is more realistic to compare the two. Jumping to a 15 minute drive makes it very apparent you are an American.
- vel0city 6y ago
  The question posed was if a suburb could offer the quality and depth of food choices as compared to an urban area. In 10-15 minutes of travel in the suburban area where I live I can easily choose between over one hundred different restaurant choices. Practically any kind of food I can think of, I can probably take a pick between at least a couple of choices, probably several. Is that the same in your 10 minutes of walking?

bluGill 6y ago

My house has equal or better diversity of food than whatever city you live in. I cook it myself. If course my house needs to have a nice kitchen because I spend a lot of time there. Is the compromise worth it? I think so, but you may be different.

NationalPark 6y ago
Well, most people don't have a family member who is an expert chef in hundreds of different cuisines and willing to cook up meals to order on a whim.
ska 6y ago
I love cooking also and primarily rely on it to feed myself and others. And I'll at least try to cook nearly anything. Guests routinely praise the results highly; so far as I can tell this is genuine. There is no way in which I consider this a replacement for restaurants. Or vice versa. You can value both, one, or neither, but they aren't the same thing.

rhino369 6y ago

True, but that's mostly about the class of the people in those areas. Working class neighborhoods in dense urban areas aren't filled with a variety of great restaurants. If you took everyone in the suburbs and built them dense city neighborhoods they wouldn't suddenly have great places to eat.