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I mean isn't a suburb one of those HOA neighborhoods with houses every 1/4 acre? Seems ripe for neighbor communication. This seems like a cop out.
by xeromal 3y ago
I mean isn't a suburb one of those HOA neighborhoods with houses every 1/4 acre? Seems ripe for neighbor communication.
This seems like a cop out.
- ethanbond 3y agoIn the US most people in suburbs only ever walk from their door to their car (which is itself often inside the garage) and then they sit in their steel and glass box to the minimal possible distance from their desk, then do the reverse on the way home.
- barbazoo 3y agoDo those "neighborhoods" even have sidewalks then?
- ttymck 3y agoNot always, and, in my experience, the answer is increasingly "no".
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI have not seen of a single new development in the US without sidewalks in the last 20 years+. It must be the law in 99% of cities to build a sidewalk anytime a property is developed.
- wing-_-nuts 3y agoNot usually, or if they do, they're merely 'decorative' in that they're not a viable option for pedestrians to get from A to B. They just end without signals or crosswalks. Someone in a wheelchair would literally have to drive in the street in many areas of the south.
- datavirtue 3y agothey end the sidewalk a good poke from the brown neighborhoods
- xeromal 3y agoIdk. I live in a suburb and my little neighborhood is pretty friendly to the point where someone can post to our private Facebook group and ask someone to hold a package or to check out their house while they're on vacation. Really depends on what kind of community you have
- ethanbond 3y agoWhat I'm describing is unrelated to friendliness. Our built environment is the number one determinant of encounters with our neighbors. You can be perfectly friendly with people who you rarely see and could never make a routine of greeting (because you rarely see them without prior planning).