Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy

Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by vel0city on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:25PM (#24335072)

There's little reason why it would be impossible to have though. I live in a suburb. You'd be hard pressed to think of a type of food that I couldn't get within a 15min drive. Rotating sushi restaurant? Check. Lebanese bakery? Check. Canadian poutine? Check. Noodle restaurant - you want Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese? Which of the half dozen hot pot restaurants would you want to go to? Don't forget to pick up some borscht from the Russian restaurant. Meanwhile I go downtown and there's less choice of restaurants than the suburb I live in. Turns out you don't have to live in San Fransisco or Manhattan to have more than just a McDonalds to eat at in the US.

Many suburbs elsewhere may only have Applebees as the pinnacle of culture, but that is not a given. Not every city is the same around the world. Not every suburb is the same.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by Dahoon on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:54PM (#24336301)

A 10 minute walk is more realistic to compare the two. Jumping to a 15 minute drive makes it very apparent you are an American.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by vel0city on Monday August 31, 2020 @11:44PM (#24338343)

The question posed was if a suburb could offer the quality and depth of food choices as compared to an urban area. In 10-15 minutes of travel in the suburban area where I live I can easily choose between over one hundred different restaurant choices. Practically any kind of food I can think of, I can probably take a pick between at least a couple of choices, probably several. Is that the same in your 10 minutes of walking?

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