Holy fuck!

Edit: I mean that in a, “That’s extremely specific, and one I haven’t heard before!” kind of way. Just to clarify. Rowling can EABOD.

It must be area dependent in the US then, because I’ve lived in suburbs or small towns most of my life - the rest was spent on military bases overseas when I was a kid. The previous poster’s description of “no sidewalks” left me wondering just how far away from the city this suburb was. I mean, I could see specific subdivisions, I guess, but if it’s a true suburb of a major metropolitan area, I guess I always think of those as being thoroughly developed.

That’s been my experience, anyway. Not with public transport or anything, certainly, but fully paved and all that.

For reference, I live in a suburb of a midwestern city right now.

It was like a 45 minute walk to the “main Street”, with no sidewalks for most of it.

It doesn’t sound like you grew up in the suburbs, man. It sounds like you grew up in a fairly small town.