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> Suburban areas have poor walkability Postwar suburbs have poor walkability. Neighborhoods laid out before the car infatuation set in are still decent places

• brewdad 4y ago
  In most cases, those are close-in neighborhoods that few would consider suburbs. Inner ring suburbs might qualify but those usually mean compromising on home size or school quality.
  • rufus_foreman 4y ago
    Streetcar suburbs were close-in neighborhoods that were built on streetcar lines (and horsecar lines before that) and were typically a mix of single family, 2 family, and 4 family residences with some commercial properties at intersections (corner stores, etc.) along with a few larger apartment buildings. They started being built in many cities in the US around the 1880s. They were fairly walkable but people typically needed to use the streetcar to get to work in the central core of the city. They're a little less walkable now, at least where I live, because the corner stores no longer exist, people go to big box grocery stores. Streetcar suburbs aren't considered suburbs now?