> Suburbia done well can be great. Not everyone wants to be crowded into cities with noise and crime and no access to nature.

Which you can answer that cities done well can also be great.

Noise, crime and no access to nature is not a common denominator of cities. While my city is noisy, mostly due to the overuse of vehicles, I am 15 minutes by foot / 5 minutes by bicycle from the nature[1] and crime is not a something of concern here.

If you want an example of a city that does well in all 3 areas I think Utrecht is a good example.

> Suburbia can still have mixed use areas. We had a shopping center in our development for all the basic needs. We had parks and nature preserves and even areas with condos for cheaper housing.

Also, isn't that getting close to the definition of a small town...which is itself kind of a small city?

[1] And I don't mean a park.