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Personally I really like the model of suburb I live in. This is in an older part of the us, built up well before the car started driving everything
My town was settled in the 1600’s something. It’s geographically small, centered on a town common and “Main Street” with shops restaurants, civic buildings. We also have a train station for commuter rail into the nearby city, that’s also a bus, taxi, cycling hub. And it’s surrounded by higher density mixed zoning housing up to six stories. That’s surrounded by medium density housing like three deckers, which is surrounded by modern townhouse. And I live in single family house still within walking distance of the town center.
Too often people equate urban living with big city living, and there are tons of advantages with that. But it does also work on smaller scales, and there are advantages with that as well. My town is built like a smaller version of big cities so I get many of the same amenities but it’s also small so I get many of the advantages of towns as well.
The other day, I left my single family home, walked my dog past ever increasing density to the town center, grabbed takeout from my favorite kebab place and ate dinner on a bench on the town common, next to the train station. You too can have this.
Specifically about loud music: my neighbors used to throw an annual party with a band. They were courteous enough to warn us all in case it bothered anyone. I asked if they take requests. We also live in a place where everyone has basements, which would be very effective in limiting the noise