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Originally Posted by plinko
It is exactly why I don't live in Phoenix or Sacramento anymore. I just can't.
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I get that way living in Phoenix sometimes, especially if I've been driving (or browsing SSP) too much.
Somewhat counterintuitively, bicycling as my main transportation has made living in suburbia OK. I live in a 1970s suburban neighborhood--not the most attractive, but also not 2000s beige stucco tract homes--and commute by bike into urban-ish downtown Tempe. When I'm driving on errands, or on the rare commute, I quickly get that feeling you describe of just being agitated by the ugly built environment. But when I bike, it's more of a "me against the world" feeling--it's mostly just me on the reasonably wide and accessible bike lanes, and biking is just fun wherever you do it.