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No, (North American) suburbs are fundamentally different to small towns. They don't have their own retail or small businesses, they're just places where people
by _dain_ 4y ago
No, (North American) suburbs are fundamentally different to small towns. They don't have their own retail or small businesses, they're just places where people live and commute into the city.
- chasd00 4y agoWell a counterpoint would be the northern suburbs of Dallas like Plano, Richardson, and Frisco. They have so much economic activity that I would not be surprised if more people commuted from Dallas to those suburbs for work than vice versa. Also, I bet the people living in the far north exurbs are commuting to the suburbs and not all the way to Dallas proper.
- bombcar 4y agoI’m not sure that “true suburbs” actually exist anywhere - because if there’s large swathes of houses, you’ll find at least some retail in the area. However if it’s more than a mile it may not be walkable but that’s not the same thing as unsustainable.