What are the nicest U.S. suburbs you've ever visited?

[Anonymous]

Some of the larger Midwest cities (other than Chicago) have some charming suburbs. Cleveland and St. Louis come to mind. Detroit has some really nice towns on the outskirts (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and the GP along the lake).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My post got cut off. I'm PP above. I truly believe there's nowhere as nice as New England: World-class universities, culture, history, and hospitals of Boston. Beautiful ocean and mountains for recreation, with the Cape, Nantucket, the Vineyard, Maine...on and on. Great colleges with small towns for day trips. Close to NYC for easy weekend jaunts. Liberal, progressive mindset (if that appeals to you, of course.) It's the best of almost every world. The winters do stink and the people can be reserved.

This is how I feel about Maryland, but I realize many would disagree with me.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

[Anonymous]

I live in Lexington, MA and we have a lot of diversity (>30%+). Most of that is folks of Asian descent and lost of mixed/multi race families. The African American population is more limited BuT does exist. The town makes a concerted effort to hire muni opal employees (including police) that represent the diversity in the town and also recently passed a resolution making diversity, equity and inclusion a priority in town decision making. Is it a racial utopia - no. Does my minority race husband feel not quite comfortable/accepted in certain situations - yes. But, to say all Boston area suburbs are totally unwelcoming to POC isn’t correct. Now, it is horribly expensive to purchase a house here (a realtor just circulated a listing of what is currently in the market and well over 2/3s of the houses for sale are $2M+) so that limits economic diversity for sure.

[Anonymous]

Larkspur, CA. Or pretty much anyplace in Marin County.
Mountains, ocean, cute downtowns, short distance to SF proper and Napa/Sonoma.
Not to mention the near perfect weather year-round.

You pay for it though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

No it's not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

Spoken like a truly privileged a-hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

Spoken like a truly privileged a-hole.

Spoken like a deranged weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

No it's not

Maybe you’re talking about Boston, England, because you’re certainly not talking about Boston, Ma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

No it's not

Maybe you’re talking about Boston, England, because you’re certainly not talking about Boston, Ma.

No, talking about Boston, MA, where I grew up

[Anonymous]

Larkspur, CA. Or pretty much anyplace in Marin County.
Mountains, ocean, cute downtowns, short distance to SF proper and Napa/Sonoma.
Not to mention the near perfect weather year-round.

You pay for it though!

Ross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:US suburbs are all equally soulless and boring.
Flame away.

Agreed. I love big cities and small towns, but suburbs? Ugh.

The Boston suburbs are not soulless. There are too many charming ones to choose from.

Yes, and your choice of “charm” becomes notably limited if you’re a POC.

Np. Yawn. Stop making everything into the race issue.

You clearly have no knowledge about metro Boston.

It is very racist

No it's not

Maybe you’re talking about Boston, England, because you’re certainly not talking about Boston, Ma.

No, talking about Boston, MA, where I grew up

PP must be a troll.