re: Americans say there’s not much appeal to big-city living. Why do so many of us live there?

Yeah but you have a super sweet van

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If we ever get fully autonomous cars that are capable of driving in all conditions I expect to see suburbs and rural areas boom again. Who cares if you ah e an hour commute. You can work in the car on basic emails and shite

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Completely agree. That’s another reason people choose to use the commuter trains to get into the city rather than drive. There’s free WiFi so people typically work or watch Netflix on their commute. Much better use of your time than sitting in stop and go traffic.

However, there’s still something to be said for only having a 10-15 minute commute every day. Nothing like being able to go from your desk to your couch in sweatpants in under 20 minutes.

You are making a lot of bad generalizations about both suburban and city living...

Hoas are not mandatory.
Not all big cities are walkable.

I live in an isolated unincorporated community of probably less than 1000 and there are too many damn people in this town

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Sad that Americans have such little drive to follow their dreams.

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I mean, my dream was to have a career in logistics and make enough money to live comfortably with my family. Hard to do that where I grew up in the MS delta.

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Theres really not much or any difference between a housing neighborhood in a city or suburb. You can drive from one to the other and never notice

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absurd

There are some poorly walkable big cities that were built largely post-war (Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc). But even their residential neighborhoods are more walkable than most suburbs.

While some suburban neighborhoods built over the last 10 years have incorporated more mixed use developments and an added emphasis on walkability, the suburbs constructed in the 70’s-90’s did none of these things. It’s just endless unconnected maze-like single-family homes as far as the eye can see. You have to drive to go anywhere.

HOA’s are not ubiquitous, but they are a common nuisance in suburban life.

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Son, you can drive seamlessly from almost any city into the burbs and you wouldnt recognize the difference. The borders are almost non existent.

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Rog, you are out of your element here

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Nothing like being able to go from your desk to your couch in sweatpants in under 20 minutes.

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Agreed completely. It takes me about 12-17 minutes to get from my house to my parking garage, and it is exponentially better knowing that I can be home in the afternoon that quickly and not having to worry about 30-45 minutes and praying for no wreck. I truly don't understand people who commute from the Northshore to NOLA or any of the BR suburbs.