people can live suburban lives without the US' suburban sprawl. We manage it in Europe without anywhere near as much space. York (UK) is a lovely though small-i

people can live suburban lives without the US' suburban sprawl. We manage it in Europe without anywhere near as much space. York (UK) is a lovely though small-ish city that's mostly suburban, but also mixed development and highly walkable. The problem isn't that Americans want gardens and big houses; it's that the US is built around the car, so suburbs are plonked down in the middle of nowhere off some arterial road.