Why would anyone choose to live in the suburbs?

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<p>I LOVE suburbia. I’m not even kidding. I don’t like the city or the country, suburbia is just perfect for me. I don’t feel like explaining why.</p>

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<p>I really like my suburbia, too. I like being able to wake up in the morning and see a landscape that isn’t obscured by high rises. The houses in my neighborhood look really different, and the people are becoming increasingly diverse (my neighbors are Hispanic and bring us free food from their restaurant, nom nom). Plus, it’s nice to have your own little patch of grass and the sky above that seems to belong to you and no one else.</p>

<p>Also, the suburbs around here have really cool stuff, like independent book stores that I love, great little restaurants, and assorted other places to have fun.</p>

<p>No one goes to Wal-Mart here… I boycott it, personally. </p>

<p>I’d actually love to try living on a homestead in the Yukon or something for a year and see just how much I appreciate suburbia.</p>

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<p>i live in the country… and would take suburbia or the city any day over where i live. probably like 20% of kids at my school own a farm, or work on one. and there’s absolutely nothing to do without going like at least a half hour away. oh, but our town just got a subway and that’s like the most amazing thing ever to people here. it sucks :(</p>

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<p>The best suburb is Arlington, VA</p>

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<p>suburbia is good if you are a small child or if you have a car, right now neither apply to me and its the worst.</p>

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<p>Haha, subway. Do you have to OWN the grass for it to be nice? There is plenty of grass in parks and “squares” and such. Is it the owning that makes it great?</p>

<p>Cars kill polar bears. Nuff said.</p>

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<p>(thats why i prefer the city) when i grow up im not going to own a tv or a car.</p>

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<p>No TV? That’s pretty hardcore. lol</p>

<p>I mean, with the internet and all, it’s not as necessary as it used to be. This isn’t the 60s</p>

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<p>lol, i dont really watch tv as it is, ill just go to a friends house if its something super important, but for everything else, my laptop is perfect.</p>

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<p>I love and hate LA. I love it due to the fact that my suburbs are surprisingly close to the Metro (2 miles/8 LA blocks away), which means I’m that much closer to true civilization. hahaha. Plus it’s not so bad, because LA suburbs are more city-like than most suburbs across the country.</p>

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<p>Dude the burbs are awesome! At least for my city of about 60,000 outside of Minneapolis, we are completly different from what you explained in your original message. There are a ton of things to do, our schools rock, our sports rock, and I can actually have a backyard without being in the middle of nowhere.</p>

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<p>It sounds like most people have never been to the city. I live in central Cincinnati. Central, not downtown. Our downtown is the southern tip of the city. I have a front yard and a backyard (woah), both of which are sizable. My side yard is actually the largest because it’s a little random forest. I’ve never had a high rise in front of my house. In fact, there’s nothing in front of my house because I live across from the soccer field of an (excellent, mind you) elementary school. Everyone in my neighborhood has a front yard and back yard.</p>

<p>There are <em>real</em> mansions in my neighborhood, not the classless, nouveau riche things you usually end up with in suburbs. These are ones that are on the national register of historic buildings and were built by well-established families. And no, I don’t live in a ritzy area. My neighborhood is middle to upper middle class.</p>

<p>This is what most houses around here look like: <a href=“http://img.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/v366/grasscat/North%20Avondale/071103040navone.jpg[/url]”>http://img.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/v366/grasscat/North%20Avondale/071103040navone.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The suburbs suit some people, but unless you want a ton of acreage, there’s really nothing you can get there that you can’t have in the city. The biggest reason people live there is because property values are low. They can get a lot more bang for their buck in the suburbs. One can find neighborhoods that are just as safe and schools that are just as good, if not both better, in cities.</p>

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<p>Dude, I love the suburbs. I can see the appeal of the cities, but man, really, you can’t beat the neighborhood around here. I mean, sure, the lack of public transit is a bit of a downer, especially considering I can’t drive, but you can still manage to walk to places. My school has a shopping area right next door (five minute walk) and my friends and I usually meet there after finals (or whenever we just need to stay for a rehearsal/concert) to get stuff to eat. Amazing place. (What’s wrong with enjoying going to a friend’s house for fun, anyways?) :P</p>

<p>Not to mention that I like the forest in my backyard. And the schools in the city are bad; universally acknowledged fact here in my state.</p>

<p>Also, yes, I boycott Wal-mart as well. But there’s a Borders close to where I live. :)</p>

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<p>Well considering I have no experience with either(other than visiting) my opinion isn’t all that educated, but I would personally rather live in a city. I’m just drawn to the contrast with my current situation, being a town in South Dakota with a population of a little over 1,000. Loonlake mentioned that she lived in the only town within 60 miles with an IHOP, well I’m the one who has to drive 60 miles to find a cinema (town with population of about 18,000).</p>

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<p>Hmm…let’s see. I live in more of a combination of the two. I live in a pretty good sized city, right outside of Boston, literally a 10 min train ride or a 15-20 car ride from Boston. There are many parts of it that look like a city, such as our downtown and center, but there are other parts that have the feeling of an upper class, very secluded area with large homes, but I prefer more of the urban part. </p>

<p>When I hang out with people, usually it’s at their house, but sometimes we meet at restaurants, the mall, tennis courts, etc. Wal-mart’s not bad, but there are plenty of more places to get stuff where I live.</p>

<p>The schools in our city aren’t too bad. A lot of them, though maybe not structurally good, they have great teachers and great systems. We also have a huge library system that extends to other neighboring cities and towns. There are two main high schools, and they’re not half bad.</p>

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<p>little boxes, on the hillside and they’re all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same.</p>

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<p>Atlas, I feel for you. I live in a city with two pro sports teams, but we don’t have a real movie theatre. We have an indie theatre, but if I want to see most of the big releases, I have to drive to the next state over (Kentucky).</p>