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

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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.

Most of the suburbs mentioned were towns with identities in their own right before anyone invented the word suburb.

Perhaps, but urban sprawl has subsumed them, removing the best characteristics of small towns and adding the worst of urban areas.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago north shore burbs really do win this debate. I grew up in the area ( now Dh and I live in Alexandria) but my parents are still in Glencoe and sister is in Evanston. We are relocating back there in 2021. I would take any of the towns from Evanston through Lake Bluff a long the lake. They are all beautiful with excellent schools, established neighborhoods with the tree lined streets, town centers with shops and restaurants and a train station. The property taxes are crazy high though but I guess you get what you pay for.

Agree. I like Oak Park, but having easy access to Lake Michigan sets those burbs apart.

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Does Newport RI count? I know its not really a suburb but its also a really small city that has a suburban feel, like Annapolis. La Jolla is beautiful.

I guess I like water

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Anonymous wrote:Concord, Mass.

I just google imaged Concord, Ma. Stunningly beautiful

Grew up in Concord. It’s an attractive town, but ludicrously overpriced with choking traffic. To me, it’s lost a lot of its charm.

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Chevy Chase DC—walkable, good city schools and 4 miles from downtown.

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Anonymous wrote:La Jolla, CA.
Germantown, Columbus OH
Highland Park, Dallas
Pacific Palisades, CA

Germantown isn’t a suburb. It’s in the city. Now if you want to nominate Old Worthington, I can agree.

It's also not Germantown. It's German Village. Lovely urban neighborhood in Columbus, but technically not a suburb.

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I still like the Main Line neighborhoods near Philadelphia. But agree with PPs above that nothing compares to La Jolla.

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Kailua, outside of Honolulu.

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Maclean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicago north shore burbs really do win this debate. I grew up in the area ( now Dh and I live in Alexandria) but my parents are still in Glencoe and sister is in Evanston. We are relocating back there in 2021. I would take any of the towns from Evanston through Lake Bluff a long the lake. They are all beautiful with excellent schools, established neighborhoods with the tree lined streets, town centers with shops and restaurants and a train station. The property taxes are crazy high though but I guess you get what you pay for.

Agree. I like Oak Park, but having easy access to Lake Michigan sets those burbs apart.

Bingo to both PPs.

Based on limited exposure there are some attractive Boston suburbs. I am not a huge fan of the LI or Westchester suburbs.

[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.

Most of the suburbs mentioned were towns with identities in their own right before anyone invented the word suburb.

Perhaps, but urban sprawl has subsumed them, removing the best characteristics of small towns and adding the worst of urban areas.

again, not really in the towns mentioned here.

[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.

Most of the suburbs mentioned were towns with identities in their own right before anyone invented the word suburb.

Perhaps, but urban sprawl has subsumed them, removing the best characteristics of small towns and adding the worst of urban areas.

again, not really in the towns mentioned here.

I think its pretty universally acknowledged that the best suburbs are the ones that are "small towns" that sit right outside the city center that have their own walkable little downtown area. I mean sure they might be their own thing, but they are also undoubtedly suburbs that benefit from proximity to the major city that is 4 miles down the road/ connected by public transit

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Villanova/Gladwyne/Haverford/Bryn Mawr, PA

Montclair, NJ

Fairfield, CT

Tiburon, CA

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The Woodlands, TX

[Anonymous]

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.

Most of the suburbs mentioned were towns with identities in their own right before anyone invented the word suburb.

Whats wrong with souless? Our atheist neighbors and friends proudly have no souls and are still interesting to observe.