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TIL. Most of those streetcar suburbs on that list that I'm familiar with are actually pretty dense. They would have been considered neighborhoods in a big city
by wenc 3y ago
TIL. Most of those streetcar suburbs on that list that I'm familiar with are actually pretty dense. They would have been considered neighborhoods in a big city (analogous to say Lincoln Park in Chicago).
- anon291 3y agoWell that's what the suburban book of the 50s and onward should have been about. That was the original meaning of suburb. But yes... Over time, cities tend to grow out. It's easier when the grid is laid out correctly. Imagine a new housing development ever becoming like one of those neighborhoods ... They can't without being demolished. The entire infrastructure is wrong.