You live in the centre when you're young and single and changing jobs. You move to the suburbs when you have married, settled down and want kids, a garden, good

You live in the centre when you're young and single and changing jobs. You move to the suburbs when you have married, settled down and want kids, a garden, good local schools etc. When the kids have moved out, you can downsize to that retirement place in Spain... except that may not work as well after the UK leaves the EU.