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Hey, I'm not the one who needs convincing. I live in the city and love it. I don't think I could live in the suburbs because the car culture and living in a car makes me (and everyone else apparently) completely insane. But different strokes. You need to take it up with your neighbors. They're the ones who keep slagging off on the 'burbs.[/quote]

to be fair - my dream is to live with only one car.  It didn't happen on this move just because I every once in a while need to hop in the car to go a couple miles (doctor's office, mall, that kind of thing).  But we walk as many places as we can.  I was very adamant that we be walking distance to a decent amount of amenities.  I refused to live somewhere that we had to get in the car to go absolutely everywhere.

My house has a walkscore in the 50s, but it is walkable to just about everything a family needs for the everyday.  I saw one yesterday in the real estate listings with a walkscore of 3.  Um, NO.  Just....NO.  I love sidewalks that lead to schools and playgrounds and grocery stores.  I don't live in the woods or out in the middle of a field.

I know people hate Reston, but we loved it there.  We walked all over the place.  It was great.  Is it suburbia?  Yes.  But it was a good combo of suburban and walkable and it made us happy for the time we spent there.  Only left because SFH's in Reston were just a tad over our upper limit.  But we didn't go far...and we didn't go to Loudoun.  We also didn't buy a gigantic, brand new house.[/quote]

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