Reply #1: I hated growing up in the burbs [View All]

[Warpy]

because it was such a long walk to anything fun, because it was so incredibly boring, and because even as a kid I found suburban culture to be stifling.

I live in an inner city 'hood that used to be burbs 50 years ago that has the best parts of both, convenience with single family houses, sidewalks to walk on, a certain amount of street life so it's not like walking through a moonscape.

Here the town is sprawling out in all directions, running into national forests, Indian reservations, and national parks as the only things to limit it. New neighborhoods are horrors of big piles of masonry on small lots with nothing facing the street but huge expanses of 2 car garage doors, just waiting for grafitti vandals.

I've lived in every living situation out there, including a truck and a boat. Apartment living is a pain in the butt, but given a choice between another apartment and a house in a bedroom community in the burbs, I'll take the flat.