As someone that elected to get rid of their vehicle, and lives in a pedestrian friendly city, when I go to the suburbs to visit friends it can be tough. There are many areas where the choice is walking on the side of the road, in dangerous proximity to cars, or walking in a ditch or through trees. If any area is within a mile of a train or bus station it should easily be walkable, but many are not. Crossing streets can mean running through traffic of mile long detours.
Many city and the suburbs at Large in the United States have a failure of urban planning and people friendly travel at a disastrous level. The reasons for this are multi tiered, but this is something that should be fixed.
It's not so much a failure of urban planning as a difference in priorities. It's something that you think should be fixed because you're used to a different environment and have different priorities. Suburbs weren't designed for being walkable. I hate that this article "targets" the millenials like it does, but I do like the write-up about the change of priorities that has taken place [0].
Many city and the suburbs at Large in the United States have a failure of urban planning and people friendly travel at a disastrous level. The reasons for this are multi tiered, but this is something that should be fixed.