Whether they enjoy it or not, I don't think many people have had an actual real choice about whether or not to live in suburbia. For one thing in most North Am

Whether they enjoy it or not, I don't think many people have had an actual real choice about whether or not to live in suburbia. For one thing in most North American cities it is the default and inescapable urban planning norm. There's no alternative. If someone cloned a dense and walkable European town nearby I'd choose to live there, but most towns around me are the same generic strip mall suburbs. There are a handful of North American cities with vibrant residential cores or inner neighbourhoods that one could choose to live in, but ultimately for most it's not sustainable. In cities such as SF and Vancouver, attainable housing is in the multi-unit condo form which is not often suitable for growing families. What ground oriented housing exists is for multi-millionaires. Inevitably if one chooses to have a family the suburb is a forced choice.