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Originally Posted by Bonsai Tree
I don't think they are that far from the truth. Many suburban towns do have thriving downtowns (which they don't acknowledge) but there are plenty that perfectly fit the bill they are describing.
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^ I'm not too sure I understand your response, I'm just pointing out that it's bordering on ridiculous to state that Chicago's suburbs have poorly adapted to changing tastes for "urban amenities" and then to use LA and SF as examples, when Chicago is one of only perhaps 2-3 urbanized regions in North America that had extensively built up its metropolitan area around the railroad prior to 1930, and has scores of examples of suburbs with walkable main street downtowns.
I mean, we've discussed this before, there is a long list of burbs we can name which have shops, multiple restaurants, etc in their downtowns, especially if we're talking about "upscale" suburbia, which wchicity specifically was referring to