re: How old were you when you gave up on life and moved to the suburbs?

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you couldn't discern between Kenner and the Garden District or CBD or Midcity or Quarter on sight you would indubitably have severe cognitive handicaps.

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I've driven through Metarie into the city and had no idea when I crossed the line.

Which is one reason cities are more well known for their MSA than the city limits.

What's walking got to do with anything? There are shite areas of Nola you don't want to walk in and won't find anything decent.

I've eaten in most nice restaurants in new Orleans and those I mentioned can easily hang in the top 30.

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Grew up in the city. Still live in the city at 32. Suburbs might be for some people, but I'd blow my brains out if I had to live in the burbs

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I'd go insane living inside the loop in Houston unless I had millions. I'd probably hate a good bit of other Houston suburbs too. But I liken it up here in The Woodlands. Lots of restaurants, concerts, events for family, running and cycling groups, just stuff to do in general. I do have to admit that having a schedule that lets me come and go as I please makes it easier. Driving home at 5 every day might make me change my mind.

Live in Richmond , drive to Sugar Land ...haters gonna hate

Cities great for 20 and early 30 something's. A lot of folks have different values and priorities later in life.

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I spent my first thirty years in New Orleans and it was of no significant difference between that and those I knew who lived in Metairie. Now I live in Madisonville,and because of these things called automobiles, I can get to a five star restaurant in 10-15 minutes. If I want something else, it's a mere 45 minutes to New Orleans

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Your preferences are entirely yours, but you did just state the difference For a lot of people who prefer the city, walking is one of the largest reasons. The few friends I have Uptown can walk off the steps of their front porch and be at a bar or restaurant. Metairie certainly has its nice parts and I'm not hating on Metairie as I'll probably be stuck there someday, but you ain't walking anywhere without looking like a bum in most parts of Metairie.

It is close, and for many, it is plenty close enough. But there IS a difference.

Madisonville, while also very nice, is different from both as well. If you're trying to go into the city, it is 45 minutes like you said, which is a far drive by some people's definition. I can't speak for other people's reasons, but my reason for preferring urban areas is because I want the ease of walking down to a corner store, a neighborhood bar, a restaurant for happy hour. I want to have regular spots and be able to practically crawl home if I want.

Admittedly, I'd like this to be in a city far away from Louisiana as a whole. I just used NOLA as an example since you did

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Cities great for 20 and early 30 something's. A lot of folks have different values and priorities later in life.

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Plenty of people find them just fine after that. Probably a third of my neighbors are over 40.

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Life isn't much different.

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I think this depends on the city and the suburb. Living in the heart of DC is much different than many of their suburbs.

But sure, somewhere like Los Angeles is so sprawling that it is kinda one massive conglomerate of suburbs even if you are in "city limits".

I lived uptown for ten years. I couldn't walk to a nice bar or restaurant or store in ten minutes and I was right by the universities on Nashville. So some can walk, but not all and relatively few actually do. Therefore, where I was was really no different, save for architecture than Metairie. As for 45 minutes from Madisonville to NOLA, that's nothing.

And remember, I'm posting in context to the ridiculous, attention seeking OP. None of the differences are significant enough to suggest one has given up on life, or in another clown post's words, worth blowing one's brains out.

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Then what values and priorities cause someone to move from one to the other

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More space, less smog, tighter community, closer to nature, less caring about "trendy"