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I live in dfw, about 3miles SW of downtown Dallas so not a suburb. I have to admit, suburbs have a lot to offer. The northern dfw suburbs are more walkable than
by chasd00 4y ago
I live in dfw, about 3miles SW of downtown Dallas so not a suburb. I have to admit, suburbs have a lot to offer. The northern dfw suburbs are more walkable than downtown Dallas for your daily needs. It’s not hard to find an apartment or house in Plano, Frisco, McKinney or other northern suburbs with direct access to a network of biking trails and walking paths to get to the day to day places you need to go. Maybe I’m just old but they’re quite nice places to live. I would consider moving except for some family things that keep me in oakcliff.
- digdugdirk 4y agoI would advise against using cities in Texas as your baseline of comparison when people mention "cities". Texas grew up well after the automobile was a thing, and didn't have the same external pressures that pushed urban growth towards density around specific areas (harbours, rivers, etc.). Also, the sprawl and government structure is such that "suburbs" are both larger, and better able to plan/direct and fund their own growth. (And yes, these incentives also further promote the idea of growth/expansion vs density and reinvestment into an existing geographic core) Texas truly is its own thing.
- usefulcat 4y agoI’ve lived in the suburbs of Dallas (far north Dallas, to be more precise). Walkable is not a word I would have used to describe it. Even ‘nearby’ things are far by walking standards. For example, there was a grocery store literally down the street from my first apartment, but it was still about a twenty minute walk each way, and the next closest store was a lot farther. One thing I do recall is being astonished at just how far you could drive and still be in the suburbs.