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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suburbs and city are different lifestyles. Most people, if they have the money, choose the city but some don’t. You’ll have way more people in the suburbs want to move back to the city and discuss it than the reverse, because there’s a whole range of passable suburbs with decent education that goes beyond what is mentioned here (Scarsdale Milburn etc, which is a very narrow slice of suburbia)[/quote]

I dislike the suburbs but this just isn't true. I can easily afford living in the city, independent school etc. but if I could move to a rural area in the mountains I would do it in a heartbeat. Not everyone is enamored with city life. [/quote]

So you dislike the suburbs and wouldn’t move to the city despite having the means. Guess you’re a tougher than average customer [/quote]

I live in Manhattan and like it fine, but I love being out in nature more. I think there are a lot of people like me who are tied to the city for professional reasons but would move if they could work fully remote or retire early.  Many of my friends in tech did just that after the pandemic. [/quote]

The question here isn’t city or move to Jackson WY or Woodstock VT. It is tristate suburbs or the city. [/quote]

The post I was replying to said: 
"Suburbs and city are different lifestyles. Most people, if they have the money, choose the city but some don’t. You’ll have way more people in the suburbs want to move back to the city." I think that just isn't true - most people in the U.S. do not like city life and prefer to be near but not in the city.  Is it so hard to believe that NYC (Manhattan) isn't the center of the universe? [/quote]

Most cities aren’t like NY, which is singular. Suburbs in most metros are closer to downtown and more expensive than the cities themselves, residents weren’t priced out. People in Huntington don’t commute 90 minutes door to door each way because they prefer the suburbs. Likewise Darien and Bedford. Ply a housewife with two or three cocktails and she’ll talk about how much she hates it [/quote]

Again, you write in huge generalities like an expert. There are plenty of people who do prefer the suburbs. Sorry you have never met one. A few years ago I had a neighbor in Manhattan. He grew up in Manhattan with huge generational wealth. TT school, boarding school, etc. My neighbors were great parents to their kids - very involved, took them to the park and actually played with them, etc. He moved to the suburbs. His wife is not from NYC so she admittedly might have been driving part of this. But I think he wanted something different for his kids. And he was able to work at least some time in the burbs which makes it much more enjoyable than a full time commute.

Again. Lots of smart, wealthy, accomplished people truly enjoy the suburbs and actively choose to be there. I do not understand why this is so hard for people to understand. There are definitely pros and cons - it is not perfect. And there are definitely people there who wish they were in the city. And there are also families in the city who wish they were in the suburbs (though likely fewer). But to act like these people do not exist and/or that they are idiots for making this choice is ridiculous.[/quote]

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