Beyond the Chocolate Box: English Suburbs That Rival US Leafy Streets & Spacious Homes: A Complete Guide Whenever Americans think of England, their imagination goes straight to cobblestoned alleys, brick rowhouses built like dominos, and narrow, twisting streets of London. Many have an image of the United Kingdom as a place without any of those sprawling suburbs that dot the American map, filled with long, treelined streets and generously sized single-family detached houses.