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Are you going to tell me that European cities don’t have suburbs? Is it just infinite French cafes and attractive people on bicycles as far as the eye can see?

• dougmwne 4y ago
  Clearly you don’t know what you are talking about. I live on the very edge of the city limits of a city of a half million. These are dense 5 story apartment blocks. The next street over are 40 brand new apartment block buildings going up, serious density you would only see in the city center of a US city. The very next street is farms and villages. There are no suburbs, at least none that would be recognizable in the US. There are a few single family home neighborhoods, but not that many and their yards tend to be small and the developments limited to 5 to 10 houses. I have a trolly line that goes right to our house and a bike path that will take me right down the to local cafe or the city center. Urbanization in the EU is absolutely nothing like the US. There are some countries that have more unchecked development than others, but absolutely nothing like the US. Many people have cars, but the car culture is nothing like the US either.