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Parallax34 t1_j0xrj53 wrote

What's even an example of a "suburb you're talking about? Malden absolutely redid many concrete sidewalks while I was there, and has rebuilt their entire downtown in the last 6 years or so. Wellesley has great sidewalks, many concrete, mostly with granite curbs; the city even plows all the sidewalks in the winter. Somerville seems to have sidewalks at least as nice as Boston, if not nicer and many large projects going on like Assembly. Lexington is redoing their entire town center, and cutting down all the trees in doing so 😢. The list can go on and on. I can't think of a suburb in the Boston metro that even anecdotally supports your hypothesis.

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Clollin OP t1_j0xyhot wrote

Doxxing myself, but I live in Canton and was primarily thinking of Stoughton and Rt. 138 when I made my post.

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Parallax34 t1_j0y0wwo wrote

Don't know a lot about Stoughton in particular, or if they would even have many sidewalks. I think I may have only been out there in recent years for Ikea. My impression is it's quite far out, so being quiet is likely expected. They did construct a brand new $126M dollar high school finished in 2020 though. With 55M coming from the state, along the lack of investment claim they seem to be getting investment!

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bubalusarnee t1_j0yee2l wrote

It's not too late to edit your post and put Stoughton in wherever you said suburbs.

It sure would help with getting your point about Stoughton across.

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Clollin OP t1_j116731 wrote

It's not like I haven't been to other suburbs on all sides of Boston. I think they're all pretty similar, with only minor quirks/variations.

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throwawaysscc t1_j11laxp wrote

138 is a minor “stroad”. It hasn’t really changed since the 70’s. Cars darting here, there and everywhere.

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