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In Reply to: Cities, I get. It's suburbs I don't understand. posted by ghost of olddude55 on September 25, 2021 at 04:46:55:
"Old" cities (like the ones you and I both live in/near) were built around transportation--ports, stage-coach routes, rail lines, etc., and sources of natural resources--mines, oil-fields, agricultural production, etc. People lived near these "centric" locations, and associated businesses and industries developed. As business "boomed", people were forced to build further out. Then, as things got too crowded and polluted near that "center", people moved even further out to "escape".
More modern developments are the "planned" or "bedroom" communities. Buy-up relatively cheap land even further out and build a highway to get there--"instant suburb".
I grew-up in the middle of nowhere (mainly agricultural), but close enough to a "town" with manufacturing industry. I've lived in an urban setting, as well--DC, right on DuPont Circle. From my parents' home, it is still 7 miles in any direction to the nearest traffic light (or convenience store/gas station).
I guess that I'm technically in "suburbia" now--close enough to the city, but also close enough to the stix.
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Topic - Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - mhardy6647 18:37:39 09/24/21 ( 32)
- RE: Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - RGA 01:37:29 09/26/21 ( 0)
Different strokes. - Rick W 10:27:46 09/25/21 ( 1)
- Some good points, some bad points... - musetap 13:04:38 09/25/21 ( 0)
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Convenience... - kootenay 07:59:30 09/25/21 ( 3)
- RE: Convenience... - pictureguy 13:43:07 09/28/21 ( 2)
- RE: Convenience... - tweaker456 14:52:18 09/28/21 ( 1)
- RE: Convenience... - pictureguy 15:22:18 09/28/21 ( 0)
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When we stayed in Downtown Miami last winter............... - Cut-Throat 06:37:43 09/25/21 ( 2)
- Just soaking up some vitamin D. - srdavis2000 08:14:38 09/25/21 ( 0)
RE: When we stayed in Downtown Miami last winter............... - Green Lantern 08:03:17 09/25/21 ( 0)
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RE: Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - Inmate51 06:10:44 09/25/21 ( 0)
Cities, I get. It's suburbs I don't understand. - ghost of olddude55 04:46:55 09/25/21 ( 1)
- Suburbs are just part of the history of urban development... - dark_dave56 09/27/21 04:03:36 09/27/21 ( 0)
Beautiful scene - srdavis2000 03:49:10 09/25/21 ( 0)
RE: Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - Phil_S 03:05:32 09/25/21 ( 2)
- I feel very fortunate - E-Stat 14:27:14 09/25/21 ( 0)
+1 nt - Green Lantern 05:23:15 09/25/21 ( 0)
RE: Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - tweaker456 00:13:06 09/25/21 ( 0)
RE: Some day, someone's gonna have to explain to me why folks want to live in cities - pictureguy 00:08:46 09/25/21 ( 0)
1. Because we can... - musetap 00:00:07 09/25/21 ( 0)
Pretty - JoshT 21:42:56 09/24/21 ( 0)
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initially they got kicked off the land... - Jim Pearce 20:40:55 09/24/21 ( 0)
Bagels - Mr Steed 20:34:05 09/24/21 ( 3)
- RE: Bagels - tweaker456 20:58:33 09/24/21 ( 1)
- RE: Bagels - Mr Steed 06:29:25 09/25/21 ( 0)
+1, we can't all be misanthropes. Nt - viridian 20:53:23 09/24/21 ( 0)
It used to be for the 3 story Tower Records and fantastic bookstores, but.... - jdaniel@jps.net 19:30:15 09/24/21 ( 0)
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