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re: Americans say there’s not much appeal to big-city living. Why do so many of us live there?
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:28 am to fallguy_1978
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:28 am to fallguy_1978
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I get the feeling that a lot of the posters hating on suburbs are young with no kids and will likely find themselves living in one in 7-8 years
To be fair, I haven’t “hated” on the suburbs. And if you go to my post on the first page I say that I could one day be in a position that the suburbs would be for me, just not now.
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:28 am to fallguy_1978
quote:circling back to the premise of the thread, it will be due to financial necessity more than desire
I get the feeling that a lot of the posters hating on suburbs are young with no kids and will likely find themselves living in one in 7-8 years
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:29 am to fallguy_1978
nobody is hating on suburbs here
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:29 am to GreatLakesTiger24
It's like the people that live in a big city act like it's not big deal when they drive around. Guess they are just numb. 
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:29 am to GetCocky11
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I actually really like Auburn.
I don't think you can do a lot better in the deep south for a place that isn't a suburb, TBH. Enough to do, increasingly nice neighborhoods, pretty educated people, good schools. If you're from a city you're not going to be in love with dining/shopping, and there are still more rednecks around that you're used to, but finding smaller cities with those things in the south is impossible.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:30 am to fishfighter
I have a tiny front yard, but a massive fenced in back yard with lots of trees and a covered patio. I live in the middle of a small city, but the neighborhood is suburb-ish with a strong and close-by neighbors. However, it’s much more easily driveable and walkable, and offers a 15-20 minute commute to work. With that said, if I ever have kids, I’ll either need a much better paying job to send them to private schools or I’ll have to move back home to the crappy ex-urb from whence I came and spend my whole life commuting.
On second thought, I’mma just let my kids get knived. Maybe they’ll join one of the good gangs in BR public schools
On second thought, I’mma just let my kids get knived. Maybe they’ll join one of the good gangs in BR public schools
This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 11:31 am
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:30 am to GreatLakesTiger24
I work in technical recruiting. Its difficult to find talent that want to work in rural areas (especially if they're immigrants or 2nd generation Americans).
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:30 am to fallguy_1978
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get the feeling that a lot of the posters hating on suburbs are young with no kids
Not me. Almost 50 with 2 kids, 16 and 13. I loved the suburbs when we first moved out here. Ready for something else now though. 5 more years until my youngest graduates high school and we can get out of here.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:32 am to TH03
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quote: imagine wanting to live in a suburb Of a small city too
That’s like Baton Rouge
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:32 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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circling back to the premise of the thread, it will be due to financial necessity more than desire
And in fairness a lot of good suburbs are better now than ever.
In Atlanta, for example, all of our good suburbs (Alpharetta, Roswell, etc.) either had pretty good downtowns or they've recently developed them. More local restaurants than before, etc.
Still don't think it's in the near future for us, but there is an increasing gulf between our good suburbs and all the others.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:32 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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circling back to the premise of the thread, it will be due to financial necessity more than desire
Also consider that for many people your ideal place to live might look very different at 45 than it does at 28.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:34 am to fallguy_1978
The key to good burb life is being just outside the city. My morning commute is under 20 mins door to desk. I can get to any spot in the "city" in 10-15 minutes during non-rush hours. It's perfect. shite I have easier access to downtown and the French quarter than baws living deep uptown near Audubon.
I guess that’s one advantage of nola being geographically small. Obviously places like Dallas, Houston and Atlanta feature suburbs that are 45+ minutes from the city even with light traffic. frick that.
I guess that’s one advantage of nola being geographically small. Obviously places like Dallas, Houston and Atlanta feature suburbs that are 45+ minutes from the city even with light traffic. frick that.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:34 am to Dawgholio
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hat’s like Baton Rouge
All the problems of a big city with none of the amenities.
BR is basically a suburb in search of a city outside of its small urban core.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:37 am to BuckeyeFan87
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I’ve done both(big city and rural) and love both. Anyone who says there aren’t benefits to both is in denial.
Bingo. Grew up in a town of 1,300 for the first 18 or years of my life and have lived downtown in a city for the last 5 or 6 years.
I wouldn't mind going back rural whenever I get closer to retirement age, but being able to walk or take a $5 Uber to any type of food, concerts with national acts, and more bars than I can count is quite a bit more appealing to me currently.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:37 am to Salmon
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imagine wanting to live in a suburb
Yeah I don’t get that. Give me rural or urban but the burbs have zero appeal to me.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:38 am to fallguy_1978
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I get the feeling that a lot of the posters hating on suburbs are young with no kids and will likely find themselves living in one in 7-8 years
No one is hating on suburbs or denying this possibility. For me, that move would be driven by necessity not desire, which was the point salmon made from the start.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:40 am to fallguy_1978
quote:I dont really buy that. Most nice neighborhoods in cities are full of geriatrics.
Also consider that for many people your ideal place to live might look very different at 45 than it does at 28.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:40 am to Pettifogger
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I don't think you can do a lot better in the deep south for a place that isn't a suburb, TBH. Enough to do, increasingly nice neighborhoods, pretty educated people, good schools. If you're from a city you're not going to be in love with dining/shopping, and there are still more rednecks around that you're used to, but finding smaller cities with those things in the south is impossible.
Just in Alabama, I'd put Fairhope and Florence in that category. You could argue that Fairhope is a Mobile suburb, but I think it has enough distance to stand on its own.
I'd also put a few NC mountain towns in that category. Brevard, Bryson City, Highlands, Sylva, etc.
I think Madison, GA is a neat little town, but I've only spent a brief amount of time there. And it's really small, so maybe not a great example.
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:41 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Most nice neighborhoods in cities are full of geriatrics.
well a lot of these were the suburbs back in the day
Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:41 am to TH03
If money was no object, I’d have a home in a big urban city downtown area (Chicago, Manhattan, Or New Orleans) and a vacation home on the beach in a small resort town.
This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 11:42 am
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