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

The family should plant trees and shrubs all around its border.

Same here

THe dreaded stroad

For everyone wondering, that's Schnoor, a historical part of Bremen in Germany.

And HOAs are fighting against people having natural, sustainable, area plants in front yards because it doesn't "look good" & everything doesn't match. Luckily, some states have made it illegal for HOAs to NOT allow these types of yards. Wish Texas would do it

as someone who grew up in soviet bloc housing, this repulses me. You say block housing is bad, and then basically manspread like this? no wonder we have no environment anymore.

I had met few months an American lady who was genuinely surprised why in Europe the streets in old towns are so narrow and why there are so many block of flats, when there is much green space "unused" where people could build houses!

I've seen both in my city. But the top one is too expensive for most people

It's just their commentary on Omaha.

TBF, the dogs and loud cars are 24/7.

A 4 car garage? It's bigger than the house is!

Düsseldorf, Germany

Looks like LA traffic. Even Houston isn't that bad. Unless there is a major problem

We sure know where all the water goes

Right 👍. Better keep the country and just provide eco-friendly transportation to the city.

Unfortunately, America was not the only country affected by the "everything for the car". This trend wreaked havoc in every country in the world around the 1960s. Even my small, historically rich town of 200,000 (founded in the 6th century) suffered havoc for building expressways.

Tories: so let's privatise our railroads and destroy them.

Same blue print used for a trailer park 🤣. Did you notice?!?

Having been nailed for jaywalking, I proudly say, just don't do it by the coffee shop (the Dunkin pictured is a cop go-to). Also, traffic islands are awesome pedestrian islands.

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These places are horrendous

insane

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Soulless

Some trees, bushes and flowers would make this place better.

but like the complex is the prettiest in the picture 💀

My God 😱

And here i thought Texans were against people climbing a wall in search of an easier/better life....

This would be impossible to get into w/o damaging your car!

Population 0? Nah bro, this is the US, there's almost certainly somebody camped out under one of those overpasses.

You’re right ! Highways should go from A to B, with no other entrances or exists !

Living in a flat can be beautiful (have done so half of my life with stuning views of the landscape) when built and maintained well, or horrible (e.g. banlieus in France and Plattenbau in Eastern Germany), when designed as cheap boxes to store people.

Is this new yorkers?

It's a rural school. And specifically on Route 115, which maxes speeds to 90km/h. I don't know if I'd want to walk or bike on a route like that or have kids do that.

Honestly, I'd rather wake up early to a lawnmower, than be kept up late by the sound of my neighbors f*cking :/

Lived in Phoenix for 27 years. In that time, the city exploded in population. They better think twice with all the building they’re doing….the Colorado river will dry up soon. Especially wh. On Tuesday July 11th….it’s gonna be 111F. Last week it was 118F. But I remember when it hit 123F back in 2017. Hard pass for me. Love water too much to live there. Lol

Tulsa has been getting better at urban development, focusing on downtown living and businesses, as well as useable green spaces. Also remember that Tulsa is very hot and humid during the spring and summer, so a lot of greenspaces turn brown, so they don't look that great lol. Don't get me wrong, the suburban sprawl is very real there, but there is a renewed focus on downtown!

If this was UK it would now have six times as many houses, all "detached" of course (ie room enough to walk sideways between them)

Ummm - not to be “that” person but I had similar situation when I was in school. That’s when I did my studies/assignments etc. Then I’d have the whole evening to myself

anyone else see it? no? just me?

I collect his work. He drew some sturdy women

He got it right too

I just installed a Ring doorbell and was automatically enrolled in a neighborhood alert system. This is my new everyday reality. People who look suspicious for simply being lost.

That's insane

No visual stimulation whatsoever. For man or dog.

They all look the same

Don't they have buses?

Lmfao she's famous bc she popped out 6 kids at once (ivf) and wanted the world to hand her everything bc her life was so hard. Even her husband left her and had to fight to see the kids bc she's so controlling and a PITA. Took advantage of the churches free help bc it wasn't what she wanted, done her way, wasn't brand new stuff or free childcare. She's from Pennsylvania and was raised in a trailer park. Kate gosslin ur the original karen

Oh God, what is this???

That's depressing

this. i live in downtown Denver. Earlier this year, i got in an accident on my way to my Dr appointment several miles away. We had given away our second car when we moved downtown, so our only car was out of commission for a while. It is SHOCKING how much time people must spend on public transport when in urban sprawl. And so, poverty takes more than just ability to save, it also takes so much time. (The bus system in many US cities is overwhelmingly used by people who cannot afford (or cannot drive) a car.

This is 😔

What you can't see are the 8 foot "privacy fences" running along the borders of those neighborhoods. Can't see in, can't walk in, can't bike in. "Mom, can I go ride my bike to Dan's house?" "No, sweety. Even though he lives .03 miles away, you would have to ride your bike 4 miles to get there, crossing 18 intersections, some of which are controlled, some of which aren't."

this is just… bad.

That is NOT a dog park! It's a driveway!

So in Alaska, everyone walks to work???

I would never mow again if I got a letter like this.

I believe this is Dallas/Fort Worth in case you were wondering what DFW means.

Makes me think of the song "Walking in L.A." by Missing Persons. "Only a nobody walks in L.A."

Look at this. Look. At. This. I grew up in a Soviet Housing block just like this, surrounded by nature. When i was little, i would run and play in the forest, and look at the animals in the pond, and creep around the bushes and play in the trees. Hell, my username is “ForestKing” for a reason. I grew up more connected to nature than an American kid living in a suburban hellscape will ever be. Suburban hellscape creates more suburban hellscape, cos kids who grew up with only a lawn won’t bat an eye when it comes to tearing it all down.

Looks like Ahwatukee...

Why the heck are people not allowed to walk?????

A fine example of the McFussyknickers tartan

One way to rule them all, One way to loose them, One way to bring them all and in the traffic jam bind them

Wow! Thanks for the heads up! Might have missed it otherwise. 🙄

As long as the flats are large enough. There is a trend to build what are essentially rabbit hutches.

Some parts of the Middle East are copying this car-centric mall model. So depressing.