# What are Swedish suburbs like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625 "2022-08-14T00:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/1 "2022-08-14T00:48:27Z")
What are Swedish suburbs like? Do they have reputations more like the Americans or French? What’s transportation like? Do house have basement? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/2 "2022-08-14T01:00:21Z")
[Here](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375769162634104599/) is a lovely cozy Swedish suburban home with basement. A [roomier option](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/42-Beaver-Dam-Rd-Sweden-ME-04040/95244359_zpid/) in Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/3 "2022-08-14T01:25:43Z")
Are you interested in a particular city, town, or area? Plan on moving soon? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/4 "2022-08-14T01:32:46Z")
I doubt there’s a factual answer to the OP, as written. The question is more subjective than objective. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/5 "2022-08-14T01:41:44Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Do they have reputations more like the Americans or French? As said, there’s no way this belongs in Factual Questions. But I have to ask; how does the reputation of French suburbs compare to American ones? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/6 "2022-08-14T01:43:58Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A [roomier option](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/42-Beaver-Dam-Rd-Sweden-ME-04040/95244359_zpid/) in Sweden. Umm, that is the town of Sweden, in the state of Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/7 "2022-08-14T01:55:15Z")
I am a veritable whoosh machine. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/8 "2022-08-14T11:20:05Z")
At one level its ‘nice’ but seems utterly charmless, and was 3D printed by a giant machine yesterday. Relevant to the OP, in what way would you know it was not from outer Uppsala instead of Maine? [more obvious Ikea furniture? Volvo in the driveway? ABBA on the stereo?manically depressed detective investigating a decapitated body fished out of the lake?] ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/9 "2022-08-14T11:35:24Z")
There are a lot of mosquitos around in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/10 "2022-08-14T11:41:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > how does the reputation of French suburbs compare to American ones? France is much more densely populated than Sweden. Swedish cities tend to be small, though there are reasonably-sized cities like Stockholm and Göteborg. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/11 "2022-08-14T16:36:38Z")
Swedish suburbs are layed out in a “fixed path” design — there’s a designated road that you must follow, and it guides you through the suburb in one direction. While traveling through suburbs in other parts of the world, a motorist will only see a small fraction of the houses while passing through. But the Swedish fixed path approach means you stay in the suburb longer, and you get exposed to most of the houses located there. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/12 "2022-08-14T16:54:50Z")
As a person born and living in Sweden, I have to ask Whut ❓ ---
**Author:** ![Remember\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Remember\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remember_me)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/13 "2022-08-14T17:34:03Z")
That is a reference on the typical setup of IKEAs. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/14 "2022-08-14T18:10:41Z")
Ah, thanks, now I got it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/15 "2022-08-14T18:38:26Z")
Moved to IMHO, as this seems to be a question about opinions. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625/16 "2022-08-14T18:54:20Z")
[![](https://blog.x-way.org/images/ikea_blueprint.jpg) ](https://blog.x-way.org/images/ikea_blueprint.jpg)