I think these pictures along with my other series on
Corner Lots highlights how even a little thought and effort can make a big difference for not only each individual house but also the streets at the same time. Even some of these houses have more prominent "snouts" than the others, with no windows visible at all. Some houses, even if the garage dominates, you can at least see the windows. I think it is not wrong to expect a little more from the designs, a suburb can still be a suburb, but even suggestions for minor changes to suburbs are often met with huge backlash and controversy here. Half-hearted TOD measures all over the suburbs like in the GTA can still make a huge difference on suburbanite's ability to use transit. Even alleyways and rear parking in Uptown Core, Churchill Meadows, Mount Pleasant, Cornell, it really doesn't interfere with the suburban lifestyle. Churchill Meadows and Mount Pleasant are not as ambitious as Uptown Core and Cornell, and Cornell and Uptown Core not ambitious as Seaside, Florida, but when it comes autocentricity and aesthetics, every little tiny step counts, but I think people completely dismiss these steps way too easily. With just minor changes, the suburbs can be much better than this. Just because they remain suburban doesn't mean they are failures. When it comes to urbanity, not everything has to be black and white.