You can't really put all American suburbs in a single category. We moved from one suburb to another a few years ago. The first involved a 60-120min commute each

You can't really put all American suburbs in a single category. We moved from one suburb to another a few years ago. The first involved a 60-120min commute each way, no matter if you drove, used the commuter boat, or train, and required a car for everything. The suburb we moved to is a 5 mile drive or bike on separated path, I can bike to stores, bike to school with the kids to school then continue on to work, etc. We have half the land we used to, and our neighborhood probably looks more like the American suburb satellite view in the parent article, but having bike/pedestrian infrastructure, and proximity to the things that we want to do makes a big difference.