The American suburbs are better than you think They're not my personal cup of tea, but there are good reasons people like them. “Buy a big house and live in the suburbs” — Tracy Chapman “Outside suburbia’s sprawling everywhere/ I don’t want to go, baby” — Kim Wilde I grew up in the suburbs, and when I got the chance, I moved to a big city and never looked back.1 I love living in dense, built-up ur...