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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by danielrpa on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:10PM (#29762829)
The ability to walk in quiet, open spaces with low pollution is one of the top advantages of low density suburbia.

Low density suburbia can, and usually has, plenty of walking spaces with a ton of nature around. I lived in multiple suburban neighborhoods and I was always either within a short (and easy) drive to a park or had great walking areas in the neighborhood itself. Contrast with high density, where you have to deal with pollution, noise and potentially crime just to walk to a park (and in the park itself)

Regarding "fear or interacting", in my experience I have a lot of more interactions, of the cordial and polite kind, with the few neighbors I have in my low density area than I've ever had when I lived in a high density city where you can feel like an ant in a colony.

Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by syki on Sunday January 02, 2022 @09:57AM (#29769179)
I lived in a suburb with lots of walking paths and within walking distance of a grocery store. This is a rarity in the U.S. Even on nice days very few people out and about. It was rare for me to encounter more than one person on a hour long walk. While some suburbs have walking paths (and many do not) my experience is that few take advantage of it.
Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by supertrope on Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:01AM (#29767074)
A lot of that pollution is due to cars.