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Originally Posted by TexasPlaya
Except for the fact that everything is closer together and getting more compact?
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Exurban areas tend to be "closer together and getting more compact" relative to older suburban areas. That doesn't make them functionally more urban.
This is an typical newer exurban neighborhood of Detroit:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4920...7i16384!8i8192
This is an typical older suburban neighborhood of Detroit:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5016...7i16384!8i8192
Yes, density is a common ingredient in the urbanity/walkability "secret sauce". But you can have a low density streetcar/railroad suburb with good walkability/urban form and a high density urban center with poor walkability/urban form.