Reply #89: This isn't an anti-suburban post. It's an anti-sprawl post.

[Drunken Irishman]

Sprawl, unfortunately, is what you see in that picture. Traditional and original suburbs were not sprawling cancerous masses.

They were very similar to American inner-cities, but maybe not as urban. It was the perfect mix of urban and suburban living.

Look up the term streetcar suburb. They often were pre-1950s. That, IMO, is how we should have developed suburban America.

Not this way...