Suburbs nationwide aren't conservative, at least not in how they vote. They used to be Republican but now split about evenly nationally.
I'd say suburbs tend to be somewhat libertarian (conservative on economics, liberal on social issues). Although that's obviously a generalization, but that seems to be true at least in places like Detroit...Oakland County is the 3rd richest in America in per capita income, yet voted for Gore. It's very conservative on economics but very liberal on social issues.
ha. suburbanites libertarians? hardly. they love for the local governments to use zoning to keep minorities out of the neighborhoods and out of their children's schools.