# If you live in the suburbs of a major city, how often do you go to The City (except for work)

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**Created:** [May 14, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-in-the-suburbs-of-a-major-city-how-often-do-you-go-to-the-city-except-for-work/1030078 "2026-05-14T20:17:13Z")
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### Author: ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-in-the-suburbs-of-a-major-city-how-often-do-you-go-to-the-city-except-for-work/1030078/22 "2026-05-15T03:02:30Z")

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My situation is similar to Chronos; I live in Chicago and work in a suburb, but the neighborhood I work in has a much more “urban” feel than the neighborhood I live in. Even though I can easily get there in half an hour on the train, I rarely go downtown; maybe a few times a year to see a play or for a medical appointment or something. For everything else, like restaurants and shopping, there are options just as good much closer to home. One exception would be that during the summer I often ride my bike along the lakefront, which takes me through an area which is “downtown” by any reasonable definition, but is still a bike path along the lake. But I don’t do anything there, I just ride through it.

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