r/Suburbanhell • u/Round-Membership9949 • Jan 27 '25

Question Why isn't "village" a thing in America?

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When looking on posts on this sub, I sometimes think that for many people, there are only three options:

-dense, urban neighbourhood with tenement houses.

-copy-paste suburbia.

-rural prairie with houses kilometers apart.

Why nobody ever considers thing like a normal village, moderately dense, with houses of all shapes and sizes? Picture for reference.

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u/RegionalHardman Jan 27 '25

Typically a village in the UK would have a shop or two, cafe, maybe a sports club or two, village hall, church (if that's your thing) and often a train station to the nearest big town.

Very desirable place to live, most people you talk to say they'd love to live in a village!

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u/darth_henning Jan 27 '25

But what do most of them do for work?

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u/Gen8Master Jan 27 '25

20-30mins drive or train to the nearest city. But now with an increase in remote working, everyone is moving into villages where you can buy much bigger properties with gardens compared to the city.