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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Vienna. Was nice for me when I was younger, but since I turned 13 or so I've hated it. Would never go back to the DC burbs. [/quote]

Now would you actually have been happy in DC, or would there have been a different source of angst?[/quote]

That's a good question. I know for sure that I wouldn't have spent my energy driving around at 100 mph and doing other stupid things. Maybe I would've made other trouble, but maybe I would've gone to art museums on the weekend (was big into art) and hung out at coffee shops. I felt trapped in my house because, well... you ARE trapped in the house when you're in the burbs. Your only escape is to drive somewhere and I didn't have a ton of friends to hang out with so I would drive from mall to mall, bored and depressed out of my mind! In the city, you can walk out the door and explore other neighborhoods or just be somewhere else. It was like a revelation when I went to school in a small city. I became so much happier living that lifestyle. Obviously, this isn't the case for everyone. Maybe not even most people. But I think that suburban living is much more unnatural than city living. It's isolating and handicapping unless you live in an incredibly well-planned community.

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Grew up in dc and defn hung out in coffee shops, museums, movie, restaurants, music concerts, etc. hardly ever went to malls. Good most of everywhere via bus, metro, walking, and the occasional cab. Felt super sorry for my friends from elementary school whose parents moved out to the burbs after sixth grade. They seemed to spend their time shopping malls for coordinated outfits.[/quote]

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