# The end of the suburbs?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 11, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-suburbs/539055 "2010-05-11T15:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-suburbs/539055/81 "2010-05-12T23:52:43Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
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> People also seem to be assuming that everybody who lives in the suburbs works in the city and commutes. Not so. I live and work in the same suburb – a nice short drive, no tolls, no traffic hassles. There’s lots of jobs out here, actually.
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> And I can (and often do) walk about five minutes from my house to a 16-screen movie theater and a number of good restaurants. I _could_ walk to the grocery store, but would rather not haul everything back without my car. If I really want to get my drink on without driving, theres a nice Irish Pub about a mile down the road, and I’ve hoofed it there once or twice.
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> For anything further away than that, it really isn’t a big hassle to jump in my car and drive for a few minutes to the mall or post office. Remember, we have garages and big parking lots, so there are no issues with limited street parking, meters, and so forth. Not a big deal at all.
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> I do travel to Chicago proper about every couple of months or so (virtually always taking the train when I do). It’s a great city and I enjoy taking advantage of what it has to offer… But I like my life out here in the boonies.

Testify. I like my suburban life, and I can’t understand why people are so opposed to it or are so enamored with living in American cities, which, to me outside of a few well-developed cities with good public transportation, are not a great alternative if you have children.

I really like being positioned as I am as a homeowner in my half acre piece of the most southeasterly portion of Indiana. I live two minutes from the Ohio border, right across a big bridge over the river from Kentucky, closer to downtown Cincinnati and the Cincinnati airport than most people with Cincinnati mailing addresses (of course, the Cincinnati airport is located in Northern Kentucky) and live a 20 minute drive from work. I have a 40mpg car.

Best of all, where I live its _quiet_. I _like_ quiet at night, not listening to the bustling roar of an interstate or a downtown urban area when its bedtime. Maybe I hear the distant bark of a dog at a nearby home, but that’s it. Also, my suburb isn’t one of those huge developments with four models to choose from. All the homes here (and there’s about 1,800 residences) are unique builds…no two houses are alike. I like that. Yes, we have HOA fees, but they are reasonable in price and what they encompass and I like those, too.

Hidden Valley Lake, Indiana. My paradise.

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