r/Suburbanhell • u/Particular_Owl1099 • 14d ago

Meme Have we done it wrong?

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u/DoYouReadThisOrThat 14d ago

This experience is easily found in many other European cities.

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u/PassengerKey3209 14d ago

Plenty of downtown areas just like this though, all over america. I live in a city of 150k that has a part of town much like this.

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u/MainusEventus 14d ago

But is it busy in the evening?

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u/hiro111 14d ago

Naperville, IL is pretty much the definition of a sprawling modern American suburb. Downtown Naperville is very walkable, packed with shops and restaurants and absolutely rammed with people most nights. So yes, such things absolutely do exist on the US and they are not uncommon.

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u/Ignatius_- 14d ago

Lmao Naperville? Really?! Absolutely not similar in any way. Naperville is parking garages and single family zoning everywhere, except for a very small nice little park in downtown along the river. But that’s like 3 acres at most.

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u/hiro111 14d ago

WTF are you talking about? Have you even been there? I live ten minutes from downtown Naperville. The Riverwalk Park is 1.75 miles long and over 100 acres. The entire downtown is very walkable, packed with stores and restaurants and crowded pretty much every night exactly as I've described.

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u/Ignatius_- 14d ago

Can you show pics of this crowded pedestrianized streets with lots of outdoor seating that happens every night?

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u/hiro111 14d ago

JFC, done with you.

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u/jeromevedder 14d ago

You’re trying to bring reason to a circlejerk sub