30 Painfully Spot-On Posts And Memes Shared On “Suburban Hell”

Terraced! How dare you sir! We are prosperous enough to have a detached house. Ok so you can only just get your wheelie bin in between them, but it's the principle of the thing /s

Having lived in terraced houses and apartments, it's heaven not to share a wall(s) with other people. Quieter. Ofc, anything that people actually want always costs more. Isn't capitalism great :/

This is why I hate modern surburban estates. Instead of having a reasonable sized house in the middle of a block with more yard than house it's become standard to make the house as big as possible. Forget having trees and shrubs in the yard, forget backyard cricket. If you're lucky you might have enough space to play backyard darts. Edit: While you could definitely play cricket on the huge block, it's pretty ugly to me. Zero trees, all lawn :(

What does that term "terrace" mean? I'm Canadian & I've read it in old British mysteries, but without context I don't understand what it means.

Is that Sydney, Nova Scotia, because it's certainly not Sydney, Australia!

The shape of them is strange. No room for windows!

Think of the stink and c**p building in the alley ways.

the Hispanic Cultural Center was built smack dab in the middle of Barelas neighborhood, one of the oldest areas of Albuquerque. One resident refused to sell, forcing the cultural center to be built around him, in a stunning irony, because he was EXACTLY the cultural identity the center was to represent. literally around him. it's in the middle of an empty parking lot. 🥺

There was a man who had several hundred acres of land on the edge of the top of a river valley with panoramic views that went forever. He was a farmer on the other parts of the land and someone came to the farmer and said, "I'll give you a million in cash today for your land." The farmer said, "I've already got a million. I don't need more." His kids thought they were sitting a gold mine when he passed but he put the land, which had lots of tree, into a preservation trust and the land is forever wild. His kids weren't happy about that.

With the kind of money they likely have I'd build a biotope. Lake to swim in, small creek, dozens of local trees and bushes, wildflowers and a dozen places to sit and enjoy the different views.

That particular area, I believe, was originally (before white colonization) a grasslands type of area (like a prairie, I suppose you could compare it to?)

In my neighborhood the sidewalks are built so that they go around the trees. Best of both worlds...

Yes, where I live they planted lots of lovely shady trees years ago, with room to walk... Unfortunately, nobody thought that in 40 or 40 years' time, those trees would be pushing up the pavements, making it difficult to walk in a straight line, and almost impossible for anyone with a pushchair or wheelchair. And of course, there are no plans to fix the pavements. 🤷

Some suburbs don't have footpaths (sidewalks). You quite literally have to walk on the road to get anywhere.

Forgive me but what is a "stroad"?

Nowadays it's pretty much just mildly bad and bad to choose between

Not residential? This looks exactly like where I live. On the street right behind the businesses. Loads of people live in towns like this.

This is a main commercial road. I’ve lived off this road my whole life what you don’t know is right off the main road is massive suburbs with parks nature preserves etc. even 40 years ago you would not play on this road😆

You can make even non-residential areas that look nice. I've lived in communities with "business parks" that have lots of green between buildings. And commercial areas with lovely center dividers and planters. All of south Orange County, CA is beautiful. Even non-residential areas.

Exactly. People used to not freak out if they saw a kid playing outside.

And it's still here to visit

and the nearest Walmart is 3500 miles away at a minimum

And supermarkets are still nearby and can be reached on foot.

Gorgeous.

Dänke sehr.

What part of this we cannot create here in the United States?

And most of Central Europe looks like this.

It looks beautiful

Thanks

Beautiful!

I love Germany 💕 I'm half German