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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Everyone I know (including close friends) who moved to the suburbs moved there because they disliked living in the city. Of course, they had the means to move to a town with a decent commute and in some cases maintained a pied-a-terre in the city, but they genuinely prefer their life for themselves and their kids in the suburbs. They like having a car and their kids being able to do sports. They like the sense of -community the suburbs provides. They like spending $2 - $5mm on a house with a pool and acreage and not a shitty 3 bedroom co-op with a fascist board.  Is that really so hard to believe? I wouldn't move there but most people really do like living in the suburbs. [/quote]

You should be able to afford a car in the city. And there are sports in the city, pretty much every single one including hockey at a high level [/quote]

You can get a car but going anywhere in it within the city is a huge ordeal, finding parking in parts of Manhattan is nigh impossible. And the sports at TT schools are laughable (apart from the hill schools which are pretty suburban). [/quote]

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