It honestly isn't _that_ different in the UK.

Outskirts of a smaller city, you are 0.5-1 mile from everything. A corner shop, a takeaway, anything.

Some Americans think that everywhere is like central London or Berlin or whatever. Most of it is like an American suburb but with poorer condition smaller houses.

About the only difference is that if you are poor and in a suburb you can probably take a slow bus that is infrequent. But no-one actually wants to do that if they can afford otherwise.