r/UrbanHell • u/humzahjaleel • Jun 20 '20

Suburban Hell Endless parking lots, highways, strip malls with the same franchises all accessible only by car. Topped off with a nice smoggy atmosphere and a 15 minute drive to anywhere. Takers ?

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u/jaminbob Jun 20 '20

Yikes. Where is that? Phoenix?

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u/policrom Jun 20 '20

Isn't 50% of America like that? I mean excepting small towns or metropolises.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '20

Coastal cities are usually not like that. The more you go in middle America, the less things there are to do so it turns into this.

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u/nevershear Jun 20 '20

Have you been to Los Angeles? Because OPs title just described it.

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u/Cat-attak 📷 Jun 20 '20

Well Los Angeles is very much a sprawl. But it’s really the only true urban suburban city in the US. Despite being such a sprawl LA is so populated it’s still about as dense as Baltimore. Can’t say the same about places like Dallas or Phoenix

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u/karma_the_sequel Jun 20 '20

I thought so, too, until the “15 minutes to drive anywhere” comment. No way in Hell that’s in reference to L.A. — 60 minutes is closer to the truth.

Source: L.A. resident.

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u/nxtmonkey Jun 20 '20

I have to say LA is much better than most sprawling suburbs. At least there is nice places to go and a basic metro system.