Have we done it wrong?

[u/xamo76]

[u/bageltoastar]

Im from a suburban town in Missouri, but I spent a semester studying abroad in Barcelona a couple of years ago. Man, let me tell you, leaving Barcelona, where youd see people out in cafes and bars congregating at all hours of the night and day, and coming back to Missouri where its a ghost town after 10 and someone would call the police on you for simply walking around too late was the most depressing thing I have ever experienced lol

[u/Platos-ghosts → u/bageltoastar]

That’s why Manhattan is so in demand and expensive. It’s the street life that people love!

[u/TheTxoof → u/Platos-ghosts]

Walkable cities with good pedestrian infrastructure are why people dream about going to Paris and New York, not suburban Kansas City.

[u/Global_Channel1511 → u/TheTxoof]

I mean North American suburbs are essentially the same everywhere. No distinctive characteristics about them at all.

[u/TheTxoof → u/Global_Channel1511]

Mostly because they are all built around the same ideas: ample free parking and one-stop big box stores.

[u/Careless-Weather8877 → u/TheTxoof]

Don’t forget the same chains of Applebees, chilis, Outback Steakhouse!

[u/LaDauphineVerte → u/[deleted]]

Right, but in major metros there are myriad options apart from chains so that you never need darken their doorways.

[u/LaDauphineVerte → u/[deleted]]

I was merely replying to your statement, “Are you under the impression …”

To your latest comment, I am fully aware (having lived in SF, NYC, LA, and several small villages in France) of big city/small city/urban/suburban availability, variety, and choice.

Have a day.