Breh's who grow up in the suburbs....

[Pazzy]

There are suburbs in Jersey, across the river from Manhattan, that are far more urban than parts of Houston-proper or LA.

Very true. Same for suburbs inside and around nyc like westchester and north jersey like you mentioned.

 

[10bandz]

I get what you're saying but Long Beach's population isn't factored into LA's population unless you're talking about the entire metro area which will be every one of those 100s of suburbs also included.

What he's describing can be applied to the SFV. People consider it it's own city, people in the heart of LA dont consider the SFV "real LA", but without the SFV, LA wouldn't be the 2nd biggest city. And people from the SFV pretty much claim both the valley and LA.

 

[TEH]

I get what you're saying but Long Beach's population isn't factored into LA's population unless you're talking about the entire metro area which will be every one of those 100s of suburbs also included.

I understand - but national city population figures are usually calculated based on metropolitan areas.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

What he's describing can be applied to the SFV. People consider it it's own city, people in the heart of LA dont consider the SFV "real LA", but without the SFV, LA wouldn't be the 2nd biggest city. And people from the SFV pretty much claim both the valley and LA.

Fair, but parts of LA's designated city limits fall within the Valley, similar to how NYC has Staten Island which for the most part is a suburb that is closer to Jersey (physically & probably culturally) than it is to Manhattan.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I understand - but national city population figures are usually calculated based on metropolitan areas.

wym b/c LA population ~4M but LA metro going to be like 15M?

 

[Neuromancer]

Moved from NYC to the NJ suburbs at about 7th grade. Chose a college right in a big city (Philly) and chose to live on my own right back in NYC. Now that I have a have a family I'm back in the suburbs. I miss the action but it's a better environment for my child.

 

[DetroitEWarren]

Joliet like 40 miles outside the city, ~1 hour away on a good day. He will claim Chicago to people not from here the same as someone from Long Beach might claim LA to outsiders b/c it's easier to just say Chicago rather than explain where tf Joliet is. Joliet is one of those suburbs that has close to 200k population, it's a functioning city on its own.

Sounds like what Pontiac is to Detroit. About 40 minutes away and highly populated/diverse/active.

There are areas in Pontiac that's hood as hell and there are areas that are rich as hell. Not many abandoned houses though so that's good.

However, there aren't many bandos in Chicago/LA/NY in general right? Are full blocks of bandos more of a Midwest thing? There are full blocks in Detroit without a single livable house on it. Just abandoned/boarded up houses and vacant spots where houses used to be.

shyt like that ain't really common in places like CHI/LA/NY/Houston right?

 

[Neuromancer]

Ehhh, its kinda a grey area with Hollis.


Hollis is a neighborhood in a NYC borough, but function wise and landscape wise, depending on how you look at it it might be a suburb. It's mostly houses, no subway service, only buses and you need a car to run errands.


The same grey area applies to most of Staten Island

Staten Island near the Ferry is getting spruced up.

 

[Neuromancer]

It isn’t LA. It’s in LA county, but not technically LA.

There’s the city of Los Angeles and there’s LA county. Inside of LA county you have Long Beach, Pasadena, Compton, Carson, etc…

Wait there's an LA county? Hold the hell on. Is this a New York City situation? Where like 5 cities got together to form a Voltron type city?

 

[Neuromancer]

What he's describing can be applied to the SFV. People consider it it's own city, people in the heart of LA dont consider the SFV "real LA", but without the SFV, LA wouldn't be the 2nd biggest city. And people from the SFV pretty much claim both the valley and LA.

So it is an NYC situation.

 

[Belize King]

Ehhh, its kinda a grey area with Hollis.


Hollis is a neighborhood in a NYC borough, but function wise and landscape wise, depending on how you look at it it might be a suburb. It's mostly houses, no subway service, only buses and you need a car to run errands.


The same grey area applies to most of Staten Island

Mt. Vernon a suburb of the Bronx?

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Sounds like what Pontiac is to Detroit. About 40 minutes away and highly populated/diverse/active.

There are areas in Pontiac that's hood as hell and there are areas that are rich as hell. Not many abandoned houses though so that's good.

However, there aren't many bandos in Chicago/LA/NY in general right? Are full blocks of bandos more of a Midwest thing? There are full blocks in Detroit without a single livable house on it. Just abandoned/boarded up houses and vacant spots where houses used to be.

shyt like that ain't really common in places like CHI/LA/NY/Houston right?

Chicago doesn't have that many bandos anymore. Here & there you see some, not to the degree that Detroit has/had. Westside of Chicago used to have that Detroit-esque vibe with burned out houses and remnants from the riots in the 60s and shyt, but most/all were torn down. For the most part, Chicago's hoods don't look all that bad compared to Philly, Detroit, Baltimore or places like Flint.

 

[RiverCity916]

Always annoyed me when posters on here equate suburb with "not the hood" I think most really mean "a quiet area with a mostly residential character." @murksiderock Rancho is not Sac

 

[Adonai]

Not all suburbs are the same, though.

I've noticed the suburbs in the north are more like an actual city than southern suburbs. Southern suburbs will have you walking your front door looking at Cows n pigs n shyt.

 

[Neuromancer]

Not all suburbs are the same, though.

I've noticed the suburbs in the north are more like an actual city than southern suburbs. Southern suburbs will have you walking your front door looking at Cows n pigs n shyt.

No street lights.