Whats wrong with the suburbs? I'm not really a people person, and I like having my own yard and a dog. I'm nearby everything I need, food and entertainment. The bustle of a city is too much, the cars, the honking, too many people, everyone is fast paced, billboards everywhere trying to sell me crap.
I'm not too fond of the culture here, but everyone is pretty nice. My neighbors houses are 10 ft away, and they're reliable if I ever need anything. I have space in my house to move around, and a guest bedroom if a friend wants to sleep over. Any friend with a city apartment lives in a closet for double the rent.
Suburban sprawl and the associated car infrastructure are a terrible use of land that makes housing overall more expensive. It's also an unsustainable ponzi scheme. These two videos explain part of it:
If you prefer living in a town, that's fine, but you should consider that towns and villages in other parts of the world are much more densely-packed than America's sprawling suburbs, and the people who live in those places get along just fine.
Whats wrong with the suburbs? I'm not really a people person, and I like having my own yard and a dog. I'm nearby everything I need, food and entertainment. The bustle of a city is too much, the cars, the honking, too many people, everyone is fast paced, billboards everywhere trying to sell me crap.
I'm not too fond of the culture here, but everyone is pretty nice. My neighbors houses are 10 ft away, and they're reliable if I ever need anything. I have space in my house to move around, and a guest bedroom if a friend wants to sleep over. Any friend with a city apartment lives in a closet for double the rent.
Suburban sprawl and the associated car infrastructure are a terrible use of land that makes housing overall more expensive. It's also an unsustainable ponzi scheme. These two videos explain part of it:
How America Bankrupted its Cities - The Growth Ponzi Scheme
The Case Against Single-Family Zoning
If you prefer living in a town, that's fine, but you should consider that towns and villages in other parts of the world are much more densely-packed than America's sprawling suburbs, and the people who live in those places get along just fine.