I...don't hate living in the burbs. It felt weird at first, but it's great for the kids and I feel really safe.

I mean, someone tries to attack me or burglarize my house in THIS hood, thinking "Oh, soccer mom, easy target?" HA. Big mistake. HUGE.

You could just do what we did and move to a whole different area of the country...

I like living in the 'burbs. But there are 'burbs and there are 'burbs. There are ones where it's a 20 minute drive to get anywhere - NO thank you.

Mine, OTOH, is small and very walkable, with a library, farmer's market, brew pub, restaurants, parks, etc. in easy walking distance.

We live well within Seattle's city limits, but I still feel like I'm living in the 'burbs compared to where I used to live in Philly. Our yard is more than a postage stamp, and our street doesn't have a sidewalk. Trees every which way, not carefully matched and planted along the nonexistent sidewalk. Depending where you work you can get by without a car, but it'd be a struggle for us with a kid--or, she'd have to go to the school closest to our house rather than the K-8 with the environmental science focus and advanced learning options, and she wouldn't get to take part in after-school activities or have swim lessons on the weekend. Oh, privilege... Such crime as we have is almost 100% property crime--I always feel personally safe, though when feasible I get packages delivered to an Amazon locker near my office instead of my front door.

Burbs have been great for mac, not great for me, but convenient and a lot less stress.

Hey, I get bird song, too! But Somerville is just as subject to steeply rising prices as Brooklyn, and if I hadn't bought when I did, I'd have been priced out of here a long time ago.

I grew up in the suburbs. I'm clinging to San Francisco until they pull me away kicking and screaming. Which feels like it might happen the way the tech boom is driving the City l lately.

Then I will be a very very sad Hecubus.

I grew up in the suburbs so living in the city was a shock to my system, and I found that the noise was just too much for me. I'm much happier being in the suburbs again while still being close enough to the city to be able to do my errands there when I want to.

I never think of where we live as the 'burbs, because there's so much within walking distance of our house. But it kinda is. Still, I'm going to be sad about leaving the neighborhood when we eventually sell this house and move. Won't be sad about getting rid of this house, but I like the area.

(I've informed Pete that we can't move completely out of the area, because I want to be near the cheap delicious Mexican restaurant, and the spa. I AM NOT LEAVING THE SPA.

but that will be a matter for his ex-wife and disaffected children to work out, not his English teacher.

You crack me up, erika