[SteveMcKing]

"Can you believe they have sidewalk cafes in the 'burbs? Posers! Wannabes!"

Not every townie appreciates them.

Me, for one, because they are in fact a nod to urbanism, which I loath. Go to the city if you like that stuff, and keep my small town... small.

[Free Thinking Conservative]

I live in a "suburb" that has been its own town for 100 years or so. It's a suburb in the since that it has close proximity to a city and it's where many people who work in the city want to live.

I used to live near downtown in my "suburb" and still own a home there. I could walk to two schools, three parks, restaurants, a grocery store, the library, a university, as well as "Main Street." I totally loved it. However, I don't like the sprawl and retail development that has grown and is growing all around it. But what can you do?

[BenLurkin]

Funny article.

"Urbanism" to me means much more (and much less) that just "sidewalk cafes".

"Urbanism" represents our nation's backslide into uncivilized populations.

[PAR35]

Somehow, I've never been really thrilled with the idea of lunching at a sidewalk cafe when the temperature is in the triple digits.