Welcome, angrysuburbanite. Awesome name.
As hard as urbanism is to do in cities, it's twice as hard in suburbs. Welcome to the revolution.
Thanks! It didn't take too long to come up with a username haha! It's crazy that I am already at 104 posts... I feel that my contributions to conversations have been minimal or uninformed at best, and I also really need to get a life, reading through the forums has become a bit of a pastime (read: addiction).
I've been going on bike rides more as it gets nicer out, and it is still really impressive that I am able to use protected paths for the majority of my trips out in the suburbs. There is hope! The Minnesota River Bluffs trail is my personal favorite, I wish there were more like it! (though being paved would be nice, y'all on the section in St. Louis Park are living in luxury) I don't know if it's confirmation bias, but I have noticed an increasing amount of bikers who appear to be commuting places in the past year.
There is definitely a lot of work to get non-car-dependent infrastructure built, but remaining optimistic is important! Even in my relatively short time here on the forums, lots has happened to move the Twin Cities in the right direction! I'm looking in to joining my suburb's planning commission as a student as soon as I am able to (you have to be a senior
aargh)